Chicken Scampi (Olive Garden copycat)

This is my favorite meal at Olive Garden so I searched it online and found this recipe posted by a lady that used to work at Olive Garden. I wanted to know what scampi means so searched it and found that it is: "a large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic". Hmmm .. no shrimp in the recipe but definetly alot of butter!

1 cube butter

1 1/2 tbsp garlic puree * see note

1 1/2 tbsp chicken base

2 Tbsp flour

5 ounces white wine * or white grape juice

5 ounces water

10 ounces heavy whipping cream

3/4 tsp Italian seasoning

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

1/4 tsp crushed red pepper

1/2 tbsp fresh chpped parsley * or dried

Angel hair pasta

Melt butter over LOW heat; do not let it brown. Add garlic puree and let sweat for 2 minutes, quickly whisk in flour and chicken base then add wine/juice and water. When all smooth slowly add the whipping cream while whisking and then all of the spices. Let simmer for about 10 minutes and keep warm while cooking the noodles and chicken.

* You can buy bottled garlic puree or you can make your own. To make your own slice off the top of 2 heads of whole garlic until you see cloves. Spread cloves apart a little and pour approzimately 1 tbsp olive oil over each head. Put in oven at 325 degrees for about 1 hour or until they smell sweet. After they cool, squeeze cloves out of the papery stuff and smash to a puree with the flat side of a knife.

Chicken and veggies for top of pasta: (this is a side recipe, Olive Garden orders pre-cooked chicken for this dish)

Marinade chicken for about 1 hour in:

1 cup Italian-style salad dressing

3 tsp honey

juice from 1 fresh lime.

Grill or sautee chicken with sliced green, red and orange peppers, and red onion.

Serve pasta with sauce, chicken and veggies over top.