Chicken Scampi Recipe
We love this Chicken Scampi recipe, featuring al dente pasta and tender chicken pieces tossed in a zesty garlic butter sauce.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
For the chicken
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs cut into cubes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 wedge Meyer lemon juiced
For the pasta and the sauce
- 1 tablespoon salt, for the pasta water
- 1 pound spaghetti
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons butter divided and cut into cubes
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup white wine
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Dredge the chicken. Whisk together the flour, salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Toss the chicken pieces in the flour mixture to thoroughly coat.
- Cook the chicken. In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the olive oil. Stir in the chicken and the lemon juice and saute until golden brown and cooked through. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
- Cook the pasta. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add 1 tablespoon of salt. Add the spaghetti to the pot and cook per the package’s instructions to al dente. Drain the pasta and set aside.
- Saute the garlic. In the same pan you cooked the chicken in, melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and saute for 30 seconds.
- Deglaze. Pour the wine into the pan and cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally and scraping up the brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
- Finish it off. Add ½ cup butter to the pan and cook until the butter has melted, stirring occasionally. Turn the heat to low and stir in the lemon juice and red pepper flakes.
- Season. Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper if needed.
- Put it all together. Stir the pasta and the chicken into the sauce. Keep stirring until every noodle and every bite of chicken is coated in sauce. Stir in the parsley.
- Serve. Remove from the heat and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 8ounces | Calories: 587kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 153mg | Sodium: 1556mg | Potassium: 484mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 944IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 2mg
