Pasta Alfredo With Sun-dried Tomatoes

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced
• garlic powder, to taste
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 3 -4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 16 ounces bow tie pasta
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups sun-dried tomatoes
• 1 quart heavy cream
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1 head garlic, minced
• 1 1/4 cups parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 begin by boiling water to prepare pasta, while sauteing chicken breasts. (two birds with one stone) cook pasta according to package directions.
• 2 wash and pat dry chicken breast, slice into bite sized pieces and in a large pan, saute in olive oil, seasoning with garlic powder, salt and pepper until just starting to brown nicely. remove from pan and set aside.
• 3 in same pan melt butter and saute the sun dried tomatoes for about 5 minutes.
• 4 return chicken to pan.
• 5 for the sauce: puree the garlic, salt and pepper, and grated parmesan in a food processor. in seperate pan, bring the qt of heavy cream with the garlic, salt and pepper and parmesan to a low boil, stirring constantly, then turn down heat and let simmer for approx 5 minutes.
• 6 once pasta is cooked, drain and rinse and add to chicken mixture.
• 7 pour the cream mixture over the chicken, tomatoes and pasta and mix well.