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How To Make Olive Garden Chicken Scampi

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This Chicken Scampi Recipe is bursting with flavor from the creamy wine sauce, sauteed peppers, and juicy chicken tenders. It's also super easy and quick to make!

If you make this, be sure to serve it with an antipasto salad, fluffy focaccia bread, and garlic herb bread dipping oil. Now that's what I call a done deal meal!

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Table Of Contents
  • Why this chicken scampi is better than Olive Garden's
  • Ingredients
  • How To Make Chicken Scampi
  • Serving Suggestions
  • Substitutions and add-ins
  • Storing and reheating chicken scampi
  • More Italian recipes to try!
  • Recipe Video
  • Full Recipe Instructions

Why this chicken scampi is better than Olive Garden's

Hot noodles covered in a rich and creamy sauce and mixed with crisp veggies and juicy chicken. Thats what everyone loves about Olive Garden's chicken scampi right? Well, guess what? When you make it from scratch at home, it tastes 10 times better! Seriously, the flavors of this amazing pasta dish are so mouthwatering!

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Ingredients

  • For the chicken– You want to dredge the chicken tenders in a combination of flour, salt, pepper, and Italian spices. Then pan sear it with some oil and butter in a skillet
  • Vegetables- You will need yellow onion, bell peppers, and fresh garlic.
  • Sauce- Make sure to reserve some pasta water, then you will need dry white wine, heavy cream, and of course parmesan cheese.
  • Pasta- This 30 minutes pasta recipe is usually served with angel hair but you can use whichever kind you like.

How To Make Chicken Scampi

This is a quick rundown of how to make this recipe with step-by-step photos. For the full detailed recipe, scroll down to the printable recipe card.

  • Dredge the chicken tenders in a combination of flour, salt, Italian spices, and black pepper.
steps to dredge chicken in flour
  • Then brown the chicken in a skillet filled with olive oil over medium-high heat. Then remove and set aside.
steps to pan fry chicken tenders
  • Cook the vegetables- In the same skillet, cook the minced garlic, chopped onion, and bell peppers. Then add the white wine and let it cook out for a few minutes. At this point, go ahead and add the salt and Italian spices.
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  • Cook the pasta- al dente and reserve 1 cup of pasta water. Then add the pasta water, heavy cream. Bring it to a simmer and toss in the parmesan cheese and cooked pasta
step by step images on how to make chicken scampi sauce

Serving Suggestions

  • Salad- Since there is already meat here you want to go for a light salad like our easy spinach salad or chopped italian salad.
  • bread- focaccia is a classic, but a crusty harvest bread or rustic bread will pair well too.
  • soup– another Olive garden copycat would be chicken gnocchi soup or even Zuppa Toscana.
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Substitutions and add-ins

  • PASTA– I use thin spaghetti (angel hair pasta) but you can use any pasta you like.
  • WINE– use a dry white wine like sauvignon blanc or dry sherry. If you don't want to use wine, use chicken broth instead.
  • CHICKEN– Olive Garden chicken scampi pasta uses chicken tenders. If you don't have chicken tenders, you can always just cut the chicken breast into smaller cutlets.
  • USE OTHER VEGGIES– If you don't want to use bell peppers, use broccoli, zucchini, or yellow squash instead.
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Storing and reheating chicken scampi

Store this chicken pasta dish in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. The best way to reheat it is on a skillet over medium-low heat. It can also be microwaved as well.

More Italian recipes to try!

  • Tuscan Chicken Pasta
  • Italian pasta salad
  • Pesto pasta salad
  • spaghetti and meatballs
  • Chicken gnocchi soup

Recipe Video

Full Recipe Instructions

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Vegetables

  • 1/2 cup onion chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 green bell pepper julienned
  • 1 yellow bell pepper julienned
  • 1 red bell pepper julienned

Sauce

  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1 cup pasta water
  • 3 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 lb. angel hair pasta
  • Combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 tsp Italian spices, 1/2 tsp black pepper, and 1 tsp salt in a flat dish.

  • Dredge both sides of each chicken tender in the flour mixture.

  • Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Fully cook both sides of the chicken tenders. Remove from the skillet and set aside.

  • In the same skillet, and the butter, minced garlic, and chopped onion. Cook over medium heat until the onion is translucent.

  • Add the green, yellow, and red bell peppers to the skillet and cook until softened.

  • Pour in the white wine and cook it out for about 3-4 minutes. Then add 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp Italian spices.

  • Cook the angel hair pasta according to the package and reserve 1 cup of the pasta water. Add the pasta water and heavy cream to the skillet.

  • Once the heavy cream has warmed, add the Parmesan cheese and cooked pasta. Toss to combine.

Serving: 1 g | Calories: 661 kcal | Carbohydrates: 34 g | Protein: 29 g | Fat: 44 g | Saturated Fat: 24 g | Cholesterol: 189 mg | Sodium: 920 mg | Potassium: 583 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 2 g | Vitamin A: 2030 IU | Vitamin C: 60.9 mg | Calcium: 230 mg | Iron: 1.5 mg

Snap a photo of it and tag me on Instagram @simplyhomecooked or use the hashtag #simplyhomecooked so I can see it and feature it!

This recipe was originally posted on Feb 10, 2016, we've tweaked it a bit since then.

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