Pass The Sushi!

At first this whole cook­ing din­ner while the BF was in class was kinda fun. I didn’t have to think about it as much nor did I have to waste time in the kitchen when we could be hang­ing out. It gave me lots and lots of free time. Now that were in the thick of it though, eat­ing din­ner alone sucks. Sure, that’s self­ish of me, but it’s how I feel at the moment. The stress of the school work isn’t mak­ing any­thing fun either. I feel absolutely hor­ri­ble for say­ing so, but I want some me time with the BF with­out hav­ing to stress over any­thing. I know that’s not the right atti­tude to have, and I’ll sup­port his school work before any­thing else. But this semes­ter sucks mon­key balls (the big green kind you find on trees).

Olive Gar­den Chicken Scampi Copy­cat Recipe

from food.com

Ingre­di­ents:

WHITE SAUCE

• 1 table­spoon butter
• 2 table­spoons flour
• 3/4 cup milk, hot

SCAMPI SAUCE

• 3 table­spoons butter
• 2 table­spoons gar­lic, crushed
• 1/2 tea­spoon crushed red pep­per flakes
• 1 table­spoon dried cilantro
• 2 tea­spoons ital­ian seasoning
• 1 to taste black pepper
• 3/4 cup white wine
• 1 cup chicken broth

REMAINING INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 lb angel hair pasta, cooked and drained
• 2 bell pep­pers, thinly sliced
• 1 red onions, thinly sliced
• 2 chicken breasts, sliced
• 1 to taste olive oil

Direc­tions:

• For white sauce: Heat 1 table­spoons but­ter in sauce pan, add 2 table­spoons flour and cook for 2 min­utes on med. heat. heat stir­ring con­stantly. slowly add 3/4 cup hot milk (hot so it won’t get lumpy). Set aside. (Make sure that the white sauce is hot when adding to the scampi sauce).
• For scampi sauce: Heat but­ter over low heat. add the gar­lic, Ital­ian sea­son­ing, crushed red pep­per and black pep­per. cook for about 2 min­utes on low heat. add the wine and chicken broth. stir until com­bined. (I usu­ally cook mine for about 30–40 min­utes). add 1/4 cup white sauce and cook till slightly thickened.
• In a large skil­let, saute chicken in a lit­tle olive till nearly done. add the pep­pers and onions, saute till chicken is done. Add the sauce. Saute until every­thing is warmed. Serve over pasta.

How­ever, I don’t feel like a jerk while my din­ner gets cold as I’m try­ing to get a good pic.

If this is a copy­cat of an Olive Gar­den recipe to the T, I’d be shocked. It isn’t heavy or overly cheesy. Actu­ally, if I were to make it in the future I would prob­a­bly make the white sauce into a cheese sauce of some sort just to add a bit more too it. I did add fresh pars­ley and lemon. I can’t imag­ine a scampi with­out lemon…