One of the most popular items on the Olive Garden menu is the chicken alfredo. This copycat recipe teaches you how to make it at home and serve it with fettuccine. But the truth is you could serve it with any kind of pasta noodles. I’ve even seen versions that are made and served with tortellini

A bowl of fettuccine alfredo topped with grilled chicken pieces and served with a breadstick on the side. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo Fettucine

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Everyone loves alfredo and this Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo is such a delicious, quick and easy dinner. It features seasoned chicken that you serve on top of fettuccine noodles. Everything is tossed with a luscious alfredo sauce.

Serve it with a breadstick and you will have a restaurant quality dinner right at home. The longest part of this recipe is waiting for the pasta to boil. Even so, you can get this meal prepped and on the table in 30 minutes.

A plate of fettuccine Alfredo topped with grilled chicken pieces, served with a breadstick. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Finally, after mastering this recipe, I know that people would love to have a Crock Pot slow cooker version. Stay tuned — I’m working on that and will share a link to that new recipe as soon as it is ready.

Ingredients Overview

Ingredients for a dish include raw chicken breasts, heavy cream, fettuccine pasta, minced garlic, butter, mixed seasonings, and shredded Parmesan cheese, all laid out on a countertop.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Season your chicken with the garlic salt, onion powder, Italian seasoning and black pepper — shown in the ingredients photo as mixed seasonings. Place your chicken in a skillet over medium heat for 5-7 minutes on each side, depending on how thick your chicken breasts are. You want the chicken cooked through to 165 degrees. Set the chicken aside.

Two seasoned chicken breasts are searing in a frying pan with visible oil and seasoning on a white background. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook your noodles to al dente, drain and set aside. In another large skillet add the butter, heavy cream and garlic.

A saucepan on a white surface with melted butter and cream being mixed together. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Bring up to a bubble over medium heat. Add parmesan cheese to the sauce. Let simmer another 5 minutes until slightly thickened.

A pan contains a creamy white sauce with grated cheese sprinkled on top, placed on a white surface. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Add cooked noodles to the sauce and toss to coat.

A close-up view of tongs lifting freshly cooked, creamy fettuccine pasta from a pot. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Slice the chicken breasts. Plate the noodles and top with the chicken and a little parsley for color.

A plate of fettuccine Alfredo topped with pieces of grilled chicken and garnished with chopped herbs. A breadstick and a dipping sauce are visible in the background. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Tips and Tricks

This recipe calls for fettuccine. However, any Italian noodle will do.

You can double the sauce recipe to have some to dip your breadsticks in. Or use the sauce on our no-rise pizza dough recipe so you can make a white pizza.

Finally, you can omit the chicken and have a fabulous meat-free dish of fettuccine alfredo.

A pan filled with creamy fettuccine Alfredo, topped with chopped parsley, resting on a white surface. — Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

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