Ace Kickstart® Blackened Chicken Alfredo

Ace Kickstart® Blackened Chicken Alfredo

INGREDIENTS:

For the Chicken:

• 4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
• 1 teaspoon avocado oil
• Ace Kickstart®

For the Alfredo:

• 1 pound fettuccini
• 1 stick (8 Tablespoons) butter, unsalted, room temperature
• 4 oz shaved Parmesan cheese
• Ace Kickstart®
• 2 cups hot pasta water

LET’S GET COOKING:

1. We did this one on the blackstone for the chicken, so preheat your cooking surface.  Depending on how big/thick your chicken is, prepare zones where you can get high and medium/high heat to ensure it cooks all the way through to 165F.
2. Fill your pasta pot with water and salt such that it tastes like the ocean, then get it on the heat to boil.
3. Put the chicken into a mixing bowl and add the oil.  Coat evenly and lightly on all sides, then lay the chicken out flat on a cutting board.  Dust the chicken with the Ace Kickstart® on all sides.
4. Put the chicken on high heat for 5 minutes, then flip and check temperature and color.
5. Our fettuccini called for 10 minutes to cook, so we started the pasta cooking about here.
6. Check your chicken again about 5 minutes later and flip and potentially relocate to get a little more medium heat as needed to finish the chicken at about 155F before you pull it to sit briefly.
7. Once your pasta is cooked, drain, saving 2 cups of the hot pasta water.
8. Return the pasta to the HOT empty cooking pot adding the butter and cheese.
9. Stir, adding some Ace Kickstart® to taste, and pasta water as needed to get the sauce creamy and fully developed.
10. Place the pasta onto a plate or pasta bowl, add the chicken to the top, and dust with extra Parmesan as desired.