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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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.