Chicken Broccoli Alfredo - Low Carb

Submitted by Principessa Salvato

"I own a restaurant and I created this dish for people that are on a low carb diet."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 4 large skinless chicken breasts
• salt and pepper
• black pepper
• 1⁄2 small onion
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup of grated romano cheese
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 cups of cut up steamed broccoli
• 2 egg yolks

directions

1. Melt butter in a large frying pan.
2. Cut chicken into large strips sauté in the butter.
3. Add onions until golden brown.
4. Add broccoli and sauté for one minute.
5. Whisk eggs into heavy cream, otherwise if you add the yolks by themselves you will end up with scrambled eggs.
6. Add heavy cream and eggs mixture bring to a soft boil.
7. Add cheese and mix well.
8. Serves 4 people.

Reviews

[Sherie717]

This was good, however I have to agree with Evewitch, it was way too runny. More like a soup actually. Next time I will start with 1 cup of the heavy cream and add more if needed.

 

[evewitch]

I found that the sauce didn't thicken the way I would have liked. I think maybe less cream or more cheese would have helped the dish, because I would have preferred it to be less runny.

 

[MellyMel]

SO good! I took kkalin's post into account and only used about 1 and 2/3 cups of cream and it was just perfect! I wouldn't have changed a thing!! Thanks for the awesome recipe!

 

[Kathy]

Super easy and fast to make. I made as directed, but next time I will modify the directions a bit so it's easier to prepare the sauce and I don't have to worry about possibly over cooking the chicken while the sauce is being prepared. I would: Saute the onions first, adding the chicken when the onions are about halfway cooked. Remove the chicken and onions to a bowl and keep warm with the steamed broccoli. Prepare the sauce and pour over the chicken mixture. Like other reviewers, I thought the sauce wasn't thick enough. Next time, I'll add some cornstarch. That will add a small amount of carbs, but DH would rather had a thicker sauce and sacrifice 1 gram of carbs per serving. Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[Chez Kimmy]

This was an awesome tasting dish complimented with a side salad with Ranch dressing.