This chicken scampi recipe is to die for. Angel hair pasta covered in a creamy garlic sauce with caramelized onions and bell peppers, then topped with pan-fried chicken tenderloins.
After trying chicken scampi for the first time at the Olive Garden I just knew I needed to recreate it and make it even better. Some of my other favorite Olive Garden copycat recipes I’ve recreated are Olive Garden Italian dressing and Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana soup.
I am so excited to share one of my families most favorite pasta dishes with you today! It’s my Chicken Scampi recipe and it is so good that me and my husband always fight over the leftovers the next day!
Have you tried the Chicken Scampi from Olive Garden? This is where I first fell in love with this dish. Angel hair pasta covered in a creamy garlic sauce mixed with caramelized red onions and bell peppers. Then topped with pan-fried chicken tenderloins. Oh my!
Although I love Olive Gardens chicken scampi, I honestly prefer my own recipe. Does it taste better you ask? I will let you be the judge. But the answer is yes. 100% yes.
HOW DO YOU MAKE CHICKEN SCAMPI?
The recipe starts by creating a creamy and delicious scampi sauce. Then boiling your angel hair pasta until al dente. Pan-frying your lightly coated chicken tenderloins until crispy and cooked through. Then carmelizing your peppers and onions, mixing it all together and serving on a big nice platter topped with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.
HOW DO YOU MAKE SCAMPI SAUCE?
It is super easy to make scampi sauce. Basically, all you need to do is saute some garlic and onion, add in chicken broth and some seasonings and simmer for 15 minutes. Then after the flavors have come developed together you add in some heavy cream and simmer on low for 10 minutes more. Such a delicious and creamy sauce.
MORE CHICKEN RECIPES
- Honey Sesame Chicken
- Creamy Hazelnut Chicken Penne
- Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Chicken Burrito Bowls
- Chicken Picatta Freezer Meal
- Make Ahead Orange Chicken
Chicken Scampi
Ingredients
- 3 tbs butter
- 2 tbs minced onions dried or fresh
- 1 tsp heaping minced garlic
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbs dried parsley
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 16 oz angel hair pasta
- 1 lb chicken tenderloins about 9-12 pieces
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup flour
- 4 tbs olive oil
- 2 red bell peppers
- 1 red onions
- freshly grated Parmesan cheese for garnish
Instructions
- In a medium sized sauce pan add butter, minced onion, minced garlic and saute over medium heat for a 1-2 minutes. Don't let the garlic burn! Add in chicken broth, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and the dried parsley. Simmer for 15 minutes on med-low heat.
- After 15 minutes is up add heavy whipping cream and simmer on low, without boiling for 10 minutes.
- In a separate pot, boil the angel hair pasta according to the directions on the box.
- To prepare your chicken tenders, sprinkle with salt and pepper and dip in flour. Fry in a skillet over medium heat with a couple tablespoons of olive oil 3-5 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked all the way through. Set aside.
- Take your onions and bell peppers and cut in julienne strips, making sure to remove all seeds and the white membrane on the inside. In the same skillet that the chicken was cooked in, add another tablespoon or so of olive oil and saute the onions and bell peppers. I cook on high for 3-5 minutes until they get soft and caramelized.
- Take the creamy garlic sauce and add half of it to the pasta. Stir to incorporate sauce.
- Add all the onions and bell peppers and mix into the pasta. Dish up pasta, adding the chicken on top. Drizzle more sauce over pasta and chicken. Garnish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
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Comments & Reviews
I left a reply earlier & wanted to add this remark. I don’t even use the PEPPERS & ONION’S and still love it. I like to add about 2 TABLESPOONS of cornstarch in CHICKEN broth to thicken the sauce to something like a nice thick rich GRAVY. The sauce will then stay on top of the PASTA & not be so WATERY.
Still give it 5 Stars & PROBABLY make it tonite.
I thank you for this recipe for Chicken Scampi ..Besides as far as peppers i used green peppers instead of red
Is that OK?
I love this CHICKEN STRIP SCAMPI. AND … I almost never go to OLIVE GARDEN.
I have to make this at least 1X every 2 weeks.
One of my FAV’S.
We loved it. Next time I will add a little less red pepper flakes but I was the only one that thought that. It was also suggested to cut the chicken in to bite size to have it throughout it. My mom asked for the recipe and my husband asked me to make it again. My dad, who used to love OG scampi until they changed to chicken, was the reason I made it in the first place said it was delightful. Thanks for a great recipe.
Easy and delicious recipe, our fam favorite now ! Thank you
So glad! Thanks!
My husband and I love this dish so much! My husband use to order the chicken scampi from olive garden all the time, but after I made this copycat recipe, he said this was sooo much better than the the restaurant version! Thanks for the amazing recipe 🤤🤤
Wow! Thank you for sharing your Chicken Scampi recipe with us. Although I have had my share of Shrimp Scampi dishes this was my first time to partake in Chicken Scampi. I will definitely be serving this dish often.