Marinated Chicken Breast in a Creamy Sun-dried Tomato Alfredo Sauce over Penne Pasta.

I bought the chicken already marinated at the local grocery store. At $1.97 pound, it was only 75 cents for a large serving. The wine was also on sale for about $9.00. On top of that, I got a $3.00 rebate for the purchase of any meat/chicken/seafood. So the chicken was free. Sweet!
I used a 2 jars of Classico Alfredo Sauce, one of my favorites if I don't feel like making the sauce from scratch. This is enough sauce for 4 huge servings, or 6 regular sized servings. A serving is one chicken breast.

1. Heat your pan, then add a tablespoon of olive oil. After it's hot, add some crushed/minced garlic and finely diced onion (optional) to the pan.

1a. So that you uniformly heat the chicken breast, pound your chicken, ( I didn't say beat it!) Place the chicken, one breast at a time, between a couple sheets of good plastic wrap. The press and seal Saran wrap works quite well. When you have a uniform thickness, you're done with this step.

2. After the garlic & onion is browned, add the chicken breasts.

3. Only cook/brown the chicken for about 2-3 minutes on each side. It will not be done. That's ok. Read the whole recipe. The key to a moist and tender chicken breast is not to overcook it.

4. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside, we are going to use the pan to heat the Alfredo sauce.

5. My favorite off-the-shelf Alfredo is made by Classico: Sun Dried Tomato Alfredo. Empty the contents and rinse the jar with an ounce or two of the wine you're drinking that evening. I like to add a few generous shakes of crushed red pepper. (optional heat)

6. While it's heating slowly, begin to boil the water for your pasta. I used penne, but you could use your favorite.

7. After the sauce has heated through, add the chicken breasts to the sauce. Don't cook it more than 5 minutes. Set aside if the pasta isn't done.

8. Drain the pasta. Do not overcook it. Al dente!!!

9. Spray your oven safe cookware with a light layer of olive oil. (it makes the clean-up easier)

10. Place a generous serving of cooked pasta in the dish. Place one chicken breast on top. Drizzle the sauce over everything.

11. Grate some fresh Parmesan, Asiago, and Mozzarella over the chicken.

12. Bake for 6 minutes in a 350 degree oven or until the cheese is melted and you can't stand waiting any longer.

13. Serve with that wine you opened up earlier, if there's any left.

Bon Appetite!