🍗 What Makes This Recipe So Good
The flavors in this buffalo chicken alfredo are absolutely irresistible! This dish has a perfect balance of creamy and bold thanks to the buffalo-enhanced alfredo sauce. It’s such a great way to change up your usual pasta night or wing night! Most pasta dishes are super easy to make, and this one’s no exception. Especially since you don’t have to cook any chicken specifically for this alfredo! Just make the sauce, cook your noodles, warm up the pre-grilled chicken, then toss it all together and serve. That’s it! You’ll have a tasty meal on the table in less than an hour. Buffalo chicken alfredo is hearty and satisfying, with a healthy helping of protein, fat, and carbs to fill you up and a delicious combo of flavors to make you happy. Even your pickiest eaters will enjoy this variation on classic buffalo wings.
👩🏼‍🍳 Chef’s Tips
For the best buffalo chicken alfredo, don’t use pre-grated or pre-shredded cheese. The pre-packaged stuff has fillers and starches added to keep the cheese from clumping in the package. Those additives keep the cheese from melting like it should and can make your sauce grainy and gritty. Avoid it altogether and use freshly grated cheese instead. It’s worth the couple extra minutes, I promise! Don’t have already-grilled chicken on hand? No worries! Grab a rotisserie chicken from the store and chop or shred it up. You can also use last night’s leftover chicken (as long as the seasonings don’t clash with the buffalo alfredo sauce!) or just cook chicken fresh for this recipe. I recommend using grilled chicken, but any cooked chicken will work just fine. Make sure all your dairy products are at room temperature before you get started! If the cream cheese, milk, or shredded cheese are heated too quickly, or they’re cold when they’re added to the hot pans, they can seize and curdle. If your sauce looks like it separated or it clumps at all, this is most likely where things went wrong.
🔥 Bring on Those Buffalo Recipes!
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