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