Chicken Bryan Pasta Skillet is a twist on a Carrabba’s Italian Grill dish that is ready in about 30 minutes.
Chicken pasta with lemon butter sauce, chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and goat cheese is inspired by a restaurant dish my whole family loves. It’s loaded with flavor and so easy to make you’ll want it every week!
Our favorite dish at our local Carrabba’s Italian Grill is the Chicken Trio, which is three chicken breasts served three different ways. My husband Jake loves the Chicken Bryan so much that he always subs one and gets two Chicken Bryan and one Chicken Marsala.
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We were regulars there for about four years, so we got to know the owner and staff like they were family. Kellie, the owner of Carrabba’s while we were regulars, gave all her “favorite” customers a Carrabba’s cookbook for Christmas one year. This was the best idea ever!!!
We love their food so much and were excited to make it at home for our family and friends. You would think giving us this cookbook would have lessened our visits, but it didn’t. Every Friday night, we went to be catered to until we were stuffed to the brim.
Easy Skillet Chicken Pasta
You are going to love this recipe. We took their Chicken Bryan, a chicken breast garnished with lemon sauce, sprigs of fresh basil, chopped sun-dried tomatoes, and topped with a goat cheese medallion, and made it into a skillet pasta dish.
The first time I made this, Jake walked in, and he knew I had made something yummy, when he saw it. It was like a light trickled down from the heavens and an “AHHH” moment, with glorious music playing in the background, as he gazed at the skillet before him.
Then came the first bite, and he instantly fell in love. The sauce, chicken, and idea of his favorite dish from Carrabba’s reinvented into a pasta dish… well, let’s say I scored some major points.
Ingredients for Chicken Pasta
- Cooked linguini or fettuccine
- Chopped fresh basil
- Chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- Crumbled goat cheese
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into cubes
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Sliced butter
- Finely diced yellow onion
- Minced garlic cloves
- White wine
- Fresh lemon juice
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Chicken Bryan Pasta Skillet
Ingredients
Pasta
- 1/2 pound linguine or fettuccine boiled to al dente and drained
- 1 cup fresh basil coarsely chopped
- 2 1/2 ounces sun-dried tomatoes drained and coarsely chopped
- 4 ounces goat cheese crumbled
- 2 chicken breasts cut into small cubes, about 2 1/2-3 cups
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Lemon Butter Sauce
- 13 tablespoons butter cut into 1 tablespoon squares
- 3 tablespoons finely diced yellow onion
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 3 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Kosher salt and white pepper
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in skillet. Season the chicken with salt and pepper to your taste and cook in skillet until slightly golden brown on both sides and cooked all the way through, about 4 minutes on each side. Remove chicken on to plate and set aside. Wipe out skillet with a paper towel.
- Prepare noodles by following directions on pasta box while making sauce. A quick note on the sauce before you get started, we are saucy people, I double the amount of sauce of this recipe every time I make it.
- Reduce skillet heat to medium high. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter, then add minced onions and garlic. Cook until onion is tender but not browned, about 3-4 minutes. Increase heat to high, immediately add white wine and lemon juice, bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low. Add 3 tablespoons of butter to the skillet, whisk and let it soften slowly into the sauce until melted. Add 3 more tablespoons of butter, continue to whisk until softened and melted; repeat until all 12 tablespoons are melted. Season with salt and white pepper to taste. Remove sauce from heat.
- *Note you don’t want to the butter to instantly melt, you want to make sure that it is softening into the emulsified sauce. Softening all the butter and building the sauce should take 3-5 minutes. Sauce can be stored up to 2 hours at room temp, to re-heat sauce, turn burner on low and whisk until it is warm. This sauce will separate if you do not use low heat. If it does happen no worries, it will still taste the same.
- Once noodles are ready, add chicken to the sauce. Return sauce to low heat and add in basil, sun-dried tomatoes, and noodles. Mix together and season if you would like with additional salt and pepper.
- Top with crumbled goat cheese. Serve immediately and enjoy!
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We don’t have any Carrabba’s around here, yet they show the commercials and all the food looks delish.
It is so good. xo San
That looks and sounds amazing! I have personally never had anything like this, I will have to add it to the list! I love that it is a skillet pasta!!
Thanks! xo San
This looks so good! Great meal for date night with the hubs
You will both enjoy it. xo San
Wow, that photo jumps off the page, and I wish right onto a plate here! It looks delicious and easy enough for me to actually try! Thanks for sharing!
You will love it girl. xo San
This looks so good. We love Carrabas as well but never for that dish. I’m excited to try this skillet dinner.
Hope you enjoy it just as much! xo San
Oops, meant never tried that dish.
This looks sooooo good!
This sounds so yummy! My hubby is a huge pasta eater and I like ANYTHING with chicken so I know this would be a huge hit in my home 🙂
Oh enjoy! xo San
This sounds and looks amazing! I love Carrabbas, but don’t have the time to get over there often. This recipe will be on my menu for sure!
Oh good, you will enjoy it. xo San
I Bet My Family Will Love This I Can’t Wait To Make Thank You!
Oh good, thanks Lisa. xo San
That looks delish and so easy to make.
So easy. xo San
After reading your post and looking at your photos, I decided I am having pasta today! I love the cookbook gift idea. They are obviously coming from a place of prosperity, abundance, and sharing, because the gift probably made you want to visit more and here you are sharing the joy with others and giving them a shout out. I love this!
Thanks girl. xo San
Oh yummy!! This looks really good! We used to go to Carrabbas often when we lived in Austin. It was close to our house and easy to get to. Now that we have moved to San Antonio and out in the country we haven’t been there in a while. 🙁 Next time we are up in Austin though we will have to go back because this looks really good!
Your pasta dish looks amazing and so easy to make! I am going to have to try your Chicken Bryan Pasta recipe this weekend! YUM!
Thanks Jend – you will love it. xo San
I love Chicken Bryan! You always have such awesome recipes here!
Thanks Christine. xo San
This sounds amazing. It has pretty much every one of my favorite ingredients in it. Can’t wait to try it.
You have great taste! Excited for you to try. xo San
This looks amazing! I eat chicken quite often, so I’m always looking for new recipes to mix it up a bit! I will be trying this soon!
Great Mindy, enjoy! xo San
Oh my yummy! Love fast and delicious!
Best part is how easy and quick. xo San
Chicken Bryan is my absolute favorite dish at Carrabbas. I will most definitely be trying this recipe! Yum!
YAY! xo San
Wow, this sounds fantastic! Love the idea of a pasta dinner in a skillet. I’ve never heard of or tried Chicken Bryan .. but it looks outstanding! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for stopping by girl. xo San
That looks amazing! I love anything with goat cheese. I bet you could add some spinach and make it even more delicious!
Thanks Karen. xo San
That looks great, healthy and delicious! A lot of nice ingredients!
It is so good. xo San
This looks seriously amazing. I love anything with goat cheese. Especially pasta! this is going on my summer pasta list!
Enjoy! xo San
Yum! This looks great. I love sundried tomatoes and goat cheese. I will have to make this soon.
Thanks – I bet he will love it. xo San
Mmmm, that skillet looks amazing!! I love skillet meals!
I do too, less dishes. xo San
This looks really good! My family would love this. We have always enjoyed the Chicken Bryan at Carraba’s.
Pam you have good taste! xo San
Any dish that includes pasta is something I know I will love. I like the skillet idea. Will be adding this to the weekly menu plan.
Thanks Michele you will love it. xo San
You had me at goat cheese. That sounds so good right now and it looks amazing
Goat cheese is the best. xo San
your lemon butter look delicious! I must try it but with salmon I bet will taste amazing
Oh it is so good with salmon. xo San
Looks delicious! Sun dried tomatoes and goat cheese are a great combination
Thanks. xo San
I so have to try this! I have never visited a Carrabas Restaurant before, they are not so close to me (work or home) so having the recipe makes this a great way to try out this recipe! I love chicken. My personal fave is Chicken Piccata but I’m always open to trying something new!
You will love this. xo San
YUM! Chicken Bryan is one of my favorite things from Carrabba’s. This looks amazing!
Us too, you have good taste. xo San
I have eaten a lot today and this looks so good. Please come link this up to FRiDAYFRENZY food and craft party if you get a chance. yummy http://www.stayingclosetohome.com/showcase-recipes-and-crafts-friday-frenzy-59.html
Heading over now, thanks for the invite. xo San
This is a hearty pasta! Wow! I would absolutely savor this! I’ve never put goat cheese in any of my pasta but yours looks interesting.
Thanks Lexie you have got to try. xo San
G’day! This looks delish Sandra and love your photo too!
Cheers! Joanne
Thanks girl! xo San
Pasta! YUMMMY! Saw your link at the Craft Frenzy Party and wanted to say Hi. I also wanted to invite you to come join my link-up party tomorrow! All pins get pinned to Pinterest. http://www.livingthedomesticatedlife.com Really hope to see you there!
Nicci, thanks for the invite will so be heading over. xo San
Ive been thinking about making pasta lately. I would love to try to make this.
Tess, you’ll love it. xo San
Yum! This looks like something my husband would love! I’ll have to make it for him soon!
YAY, let me know what he thinks. xo San
That looks so good. I love practically anything in a lemon butter sauce!
The lemon butter sauce is so good. xo San
Wow, that looks so good and different! Pasta is great and love trying new varieties.
Thanks Jennifer. xo San
That looks amazing! Can I come live with you?!
Girl, I would love it – I would love to mail you some goodies. xo San
Heavenly is how that both looks and sounds! I would have to 1/4 or 1/2 the recipe as I am cooking for me alone-but it might just be worth it!
So worth it Michele. xo San
The lemon butter sauce sounds yummy! Bookmarking this recipe! 🙂
It is unreal!!! xo San
I love sundried tomatoes! We plan to make our own this year, and with our homegrown basil, this recipe would be fabulous and affordable! Definitely bookmarking!
Love this one pot meal. Looks amazing.
Thanks Krystal! xo San
Looks pretty yummy. Love pasta and chicken!
Super yum!! Pinning and making soon – thanks so much for linking up to the Friday Frenzy!
Thanks for the pin and hosting! xo San
Yum! This is definitely my kind of dinner! Can’t wait to try this one! Thanks for linking it up with us at the Ladies Only Blog Share!
Thanks for hosting! xo San
The mix of flavors in this sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing on The Weekend Social.
Thanks for hosting! xo San
I love pasta…this is my favorite meryenda, lol…that pasta looks so delicious and so yummy…good idea for date time…I’m sure your husband love it…
This looks delicious! I really like goat cheese, so I sure have to try out the recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I am definetly making this recipe.. My son will love this.. he is a pasta freak lol.. Thanks for entering my Fabulous Friday Party.. I hope I see you more in the future at my other parties. I dont do them every weel. a few times a month.
Have a wonderful weekend
Maria
Thanks Maria. xo San
This looks and sounds delicious! The restaurant I served at for years offered a penne dish which had sundried tomatoes, smoked chicken, artichokes and garlic. Loved it!
This looks so fantastic. Will be saving this recipe.
This looks amazing!
Hope you have a wonderful time making this dish! xo San
This looks so yummy ~ I need some for lunch!
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Thank you so much! xo San
That meal looks and sounds so delicious. At the same time, it seems like it is not that difficult to make. I would like to try it.
It is so easy girl and you will love it. xo San
Hi Sandra – This looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing with the Let’s Get Real party.
Thanks for coming over to visit! xo San
Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again next week!
I will be back next week! xo San
Thanks for linking up to the Make Bake Create party!
Thanks for hosting. xo San
This looks and sounds so delicious – I can’t wait to try it! I know everyone in my family will love it. Thanks for sharing the recipe – pinning it now.
Perfect. Thanks for sharing with others. XO San
We made this last night! It was delicious. This is also one of my favorite dishes at Carraba’s
I am so glad that you all loved this dish! xo San
That does sound like an awesome Christmast present! Everyone always wants to be able to recreate those special family outings at home, and they found a way to let you do that! I have no idea where your neck of the woods is, but if I’m ever there, I want to go to that sweet familie’s restaurant!
My family is going to love this. I’ll do it with zoodles to keep the carbs down for a keto friendly meal, but I know it’s going to be amazing.
P.S. Your pictures are so good. You have me starving already.
Zoodles are a great idea to lower the carbs! Thank you!
This is best eaten fresh. I like throwing some extra goat cheese in mine! A little extra cheese never hurt anyone.
Such a satisfying dish! That is definitely a must make!
This is my type of dinner! Pasta is always a win in my family!
This is one of my favorite chicken recipes, and your version is so good! I’ve always wondered who Bryan is because he made one awesome recipe idea. LOL.
Such an incredible meal! Can’t wait to make this again!
The Chicken Bryan Pasta Skillet turned out to be one of the best pasta dishes I’ve ever made! The sauce was rich and creamy, and the sun-dried tomatoes added a lovely sweetness.
“Chicken Bryan Pasta Skillet is a delightful fusion of flavors. With tender chicken, tangy sun-dried tomatoes, and creamy sauce, it’s a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.”