Chicken Scampi Recipe

This amazing copycat Olive Garden’s Chicken Scampi Recipe is going to become your new favorite dinner saving your family money. Juicy chicken tenders with vegetables in a creamy scampi sauce.

Ingredients:

pasta-

1/2 pound angel hair pasta

½ tsp oil

¼ tsp salt

chicken-

1 pound chicken tenderloins

1/2 cup flour

¼ tsp salt

⅛ tsp pepper

¼ tsp Italian seasoning

1/3 cup milk

2 Tbsp oil, sauteing chicken

vegetables and sauce-

2 Tbsp oil

½ green pepper, sliced into thin strands

½ red pepper, sliced into thin strands

½ yellow pepper, sliced into thin strands

½ red onion, sliced thin

5 Tbsp butter

6 garlic cloves, minced

3/4 cup wine

1 1/3 cups broth

2/3 cup half and half

¼ tsp pepper

1 tsp salt

¼ tsp Italian seasoning

Instructions:

Cook angel hair pasta according to package instructions with oil and salt. Drain water and keep the pasta covered.

In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning for the chicken dredging. Add milk to a separate bowl.

Lightly beat chicken tenders. 

Dredge chicken tenders into flour, then into milk and again into the flour (coat generously).

Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Once hot, saute chicken about minutes on each side. Remove chicken from skillet and cover to keep warm. 

Add 2 Tbsp oil with the green, red, yellow peppers and red onion. Sautee 2 minutes on medium/high heat, stirring as needed. 

Add butter and minced garlic. Saute another minute, stirring as needed.

Add the wine and broth to the vegetables. Cook on low/medium heat for 5 min.

Add half and half, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning, cook another minute. 

Add the chicken tenders to the vegetables/sauce. 

Add pasta and cover with the remaining ingredients. Simmer until all of the ingredients are hot.

Serve and Enjoy!