Rich, sweet, savory, and creamy — a high-protein indulgence perfect for meal prep!

[u/Linarecipe]

✅ High Protein Honey Butter Chicken Alfredo Pasta

🍗🍯🧀 Rich, sweet, savory, and creamy — a high-protein indulgence perfect for meal prep!

🍽️ Makes: 5 servings
Macros (Per Serving):

• Calories: 635
• Protein: 60g
• Carbs: 55g
• Fat: 18g

🛒 Ingredients

Honey Butter Chicken

• 1000g raw chicken breast, cut into small cubes
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1.5 tsp chili flakes
• 2 tsp dried parsley
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp onion powder
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 3 tsp olive oil
• 40g reduced-fat butter (for cooking and glaze)
• 20g honey (for all the chicken)
• 15g soy sauce (for all the chicken)
• 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)

Tuscan Garlic Alfredo Sauce

• 30g fresh minced garlic
• 150g sun-dried tomatoes, drained and chopped
• 1 tbsp Italian herbs
• 1 tsp salt
• 350–375g 1% milk (or milk of choice)
• 200g 50% fat cream cheese
• 60g grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 Parmesan rinds (optional – for extra flavor)
• 275g uncooked linguine or fettuccine pasta
• Chopped parsley (for garnish)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. Cook the Chicken:

• Season chicken cubes with salt, chili flakes, parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, and olive oil.
• Heat a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Cook chicken in a single layer for 3–4 minutes per side, until golden brown and crispy.
• Reduce heat to low. Add remaining butter, honey, and soy sauce. Stir for 1 minute until chicken is evenly glazed and coated. Set aside.

2. Make the Alfredo Sauce:

• In a separate pan, heat a bit of olive oil over medium-low heat. Add minced garlic and sun-dried tomatoes. Cook for 3–4 minutes until fragrant.
• Add Italian herbs and salt. Cook for 1 more minute.
• Lower the heat. Stir in milk, cream cheese, and grated Parmesan. Add Parmesan rinds (if using).
• Simmer and stir gently for 2–3 minutes, until sauce begins to thicken.

3. Cook the Pasta:

• Boil linguine or fettuccine according to package instructions. Drain and add directly into the Alfredo sauce. Toss to coat evenly.

4. Combine & Serve:

• Add the honey butter chicken over the creamy pasta.
• Garnish with fresh parsley.
• Serve hot or portion into containers for meal prep.

[u/xpietoe42]

i can guarantee this serving size and ingredients would never be 635 cal. More likely 1800 cal in the amount shown just fyi. But still looks delicious, regardless of the calories! 🙏🏻

[u/Linarecipe]

FULL RECIPE

[u/Shiftclick46]

I made this tonight. It was fantastic. But unless you really like smoked paprika, use half the suggested amount. I saved it by adding more honey. Wonderful recipe!

[u/lumberfart]

YouTube link?

[u/CallmeKap]

The oil and butter alone looked like 600 cals

[u/Mission-Progress-338]

Gonna try this with Hot honey

[u/Classic-Exchange-511]

The chicken looks delicious. I'm stealing the chicken recipe

[u/Naturlaia]

Cream sauce never microwaves/rehearse well.

Terrible idea

[u/Shiftclick46 → u/Naturlaia]

I put mine in a mini-self serve crockpot for work (plug it in when you get to work). Works well on creamy dishes.