Chicken Scampi

Submitted by DianeNJ

"Threw this together one night after I had something similar out in a famous Italian restaurant. My husband and teenage son were so impressed and so fast to make. Love it!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 -10 frozen chicken tenderloins
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 3 -4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 4 tablespoons margarine or 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 red pepper, chopped larger pieces
• 2 -3 plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1⁄2 cup dry white wine
• salt and pepper
• 1⁄2 cup light cream

directions

1. Rinse ice off of frozen tenderloins.
2. Place in large skillet over medium high heat, cover and cook for 8-10 mins turning once to cook thoroughly.
3. May drain if alot of water from chicken but keep some for next step.
4. Add onion and garlic cover and cook till clear.
5. Add red pepper, plum tomatoes and lemon juice and let simmer covered another 5-6 minutes.
6. Add 1/2 cp.
7. wine cover again and simmer 5 more minutes.
8. May add more wine to taste.
9. Salt and pepper as desired.
10. Add light cream stir in to blend and thicken.
11. Serve over fettucini or angel hair pasta with some grated parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[chef FIFI]

Oh my goodness!!!! This was lick smacking good...full of flavor..easy...what more can I say? I omitted the wine and replaced it with a tablespoon of chicken bouillon.The odd thing is that I have never ordered chicken scampi before, I just thought it wouldnt have enough flavor for me, but this dish was packed with flavor. I used about 5 cloves of garlic as I love my garlic. I will definately try this again.

 

[RedVinoGirl]

VERY good. We enjoyed this. I added way more lemons and served this over 1 pound of whole wheat pasta. We loved it. I increased the garlic and used a yellow pepper and used 1/2 and 1/2 in place of the cream. Yummy!

 

[Kitchenette]

This was good, but I'll definitely tweak it next time. This was a bit too lemony and the veggies were overcooked for my taste. Next time I'll reduce the lemon juice, saute the veggies for only 5 minutes, and add some sliced mushrooms.

 

[smwells]

EXCELLENT!!!!! This was just like the one I get at my favorite chain italian restaurant. The whole family loved it! I picked this recipe over the one claiming to be their secret recipe because it is primarily a butter sauce, not a cream sauce base. Thanks for a real winner! Oh - we used a pound of pasta, so I found I needed to double the sauce for that much pasta. Thanks again!

 

[BothFex]

Upped the garlic just a touch, but otherwise followed to a "T"- lovely! Loved the flavor the bell pepper and tomatoes added. Definately making this part of my repetoire. Thanks so much!