Leftover Chicken Alfredo with Mushrooms

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Well it turns out that I had a couple of chicken breasts leftover from dinner last night. So being frugal, I made up some Chicken Alfredo with Mushrooms.

First I laid out everything I was going to use for this little adventure. 2 chicken breasts, some mini penne, mushrooms, some garlic infused olive oil, and of course BUTTER.....
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Added some butter, and olive oil to a large pan, got it up to heat and added the mushrooms. To the mushrooms I added some salt, and pepper.
The salt is mostly to draw out the water in the mushrooms. If cooked properly it takes about 20 minutes to cook mushrooms.
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Water is important to pasta, when making pasta, you should always salt the water, and add a little neutral oil, so the pasta will not stick together.
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ONWARD!!!!! I took the chicken breasts, de-boned them, and gave them a once through with a knife.
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Back to the mushrooms for a minute, to check on them. They are getting to that nice golden brown color.
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I am using Mini Penne, because they hold sauce well. Remember to cook to Al Dente. The noodles will continue to cook after adding them to the sauce.
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People often ask me why I set a wooden spoon across a pot that has boiling water in it. Simple reason.!.
If the water has a starch in it, we all know if you leave it on high, it will boil over.
If you lay a wooden spoon across over from one side to the other, the wood absorbs the starch and won't boil over.
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Never leave your utensils, in your pan, they can burn, or even crack from the heat.
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Here I have added the chicken to the mushrooms, to genitally heat it up. I also add about 1 tablespoon of butter to the chicken too.
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To the chicken i added in some dried basil, italian seasoning, and some minced garlic.
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Sauté for about 5 minutes.
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Here I added in some Alfredo Sauce that I had in the freezer. You can make Alfredo Sauce in batches and freeze it, which I do.
I can not stand canned or jarred sauce. Has way too much salt in it.
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Normally I would keep about a cup of the water that I cooked the noodles in. Since this is a cream sauce there really is no need for it, so I just discarded it.
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Next was adding the noodles to the sauce.
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Stir it all together, and add in some fresh Romano Cheese.
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Stir in the cheese.
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And Serve. Bon Appetit!
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Looks good! That's a meal I rarely get to make, my wife hates Alfredo sauce. I've never understood why. What's not to like?
 
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