Chicken Pasta With Sour Cream and Cheese Sauce (Zwt3 Western)

Submitted by pattikay in L.A.

"I found this in Bernard Clayton's Cooking Across America. I've had this cookbook for years and it's the first thing I've made from it! The original name of the dish is "Pasta Prima Peschke", named for a chef on a ranch in Wyoming who made it up, but that's not very descriptive, so I changed it. I also changed some of the amounts - I only used half of the butter and bacon and chicken called for in the original and it was plenty."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1⁄4 cup white wine
• 1 dash white pepper
• 1⁄2 lb bacon, cut into bits
• 1⁄2 lb mushroom, thinly sliced
• 4 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 lb fettuccine pasta

• Sauce

• 1 cup sour cream (I used lite)
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
• 3⁄4 cup grated monterey jack cheese
• 1⁄2 cup white wine
• 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1⁄4 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• chopped parsley

directions

1. Poach the chicken in white wine, uncovered, seasoned with a dash of white pepper, about 10 minutes. Cut into small pieces and set aside.
2. Fry bacon bits till crisp. Remove from skillet and drain on a peper towel. Set aside.
3. Over medium heat saute the mushrooms and garlic in butter for about 5 minutes.
4. Combine chicken, bacon and mushroom garlic mixture and keep warm.
5. Prepare and drain fettucine, tossing with a light coating of olive oil if desired.

6. Sauce:

7. Combine all sauce ingredients except parsley in a saucepan. Over low heat, mix till cheese is melted and sauce becomes smooth.
8. Pour the sauce over the noodles and mix together well.
9. Top with chicken, bacon and mushroom mixture.
10. Garnish with chopped parsley.

Reviews

[pearl.dougall]

Great reciepe. My favorite chicken Pasta receipe so far. I mix the chicken, mushrooms and garlic with the sauce and then add to the noodles (I used penne). Then I topped it off with mozzarella and put in the oven at 350 for 15 to 20 mins or untill the cheese is slightly brown. I haven't have bacon to add yet but I am sure that would make it even better!

 

[lindseyv]

Tasty but the sauce didn't quite come together. But I didn't have as much cheese as listed, so maybe that was the problem.

 

[Sten00]

I only made the sauce and unfortunately my husband and I thought it was bland. It looks great as a recipe but somehow it did not fit what we were looking for in a cheese cream sauce. Thanks for posting, it definitely looked and sounded great!

 

[yogiclarebear]

DH gave this an mmmmmmm, delicious, and YUM, between bites. I made this for 2 servings, using turkey bacon, and tofu noodles. I also used non-fat sour cream, and low fat cheese. While I cooked the chicken, bacon, and mushrooms, I put the sauce ingredients in a ramekin in a 300 deg. oven, stirring occasionally. It melted up nicely and was ready to mix right into the noodles when all was done. Thanks pattikay, this is a keeper!

 

[diner524]

This was awesome!!!!! My son has become a huge pasta lover, and when looking for your recipes to tag, I read the ingredients for this one to him, he said "Oh make that one Mom" Well needless to say this was a huge hit for him, but also for myself and his friend who ate over. I served this with garlic bread and green beans. The only thing I would do different next time, and this will be made again, would be to use only half of the pasta and I would use leftover cooked chicken breasts, as a time saver. Thanks for a great recipe pattikay!!!