Chicken Alfredo for a Crowd

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 Roast Chicken
• 2 pounds Cavatappi Noodles

  cooked al dente (reserve 1 cup of water from boiling noodles)
• 1 stick Butter
• 1 cube Land O Lakes Italian Herb Saute Express Butter

  if you cannot find substitute 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning and 1 clove garlic minced very fine or grated
• 1 cup Flour
• 1 quart half & half
• 1 cup Heavy Cream
• 1 8 ounce brick Cream Cheese
• 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
• 1/8 teaspoon ground Nutmeg
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Roast Chicken: cut out back bone, lay chicken flat, skin side up, in baking
  dish, drizzle with olive oil sprinkle with season salt. Bake at 425 degrees for
  45 minutes. Or you can purchase a Roasted Chicken from you local grocery store
  this works! Remove meat from bones discard bones and skin.
• 2 Layer cooked noodles and roasted chicken meat in crock pot.
• 3 Alfredo Sauce: Melt butters in large saucepan, add flour and whisk let bubble
  up, about 1 minute. Continue to whisk. Slowly pour in half & half turn stove
  down to medium low. Continue to cook and whisk until thick, add in cream cheese
  allow to melt, combine well. Add heavy cream, and parmesan continue to cook
  another 3-5 minutes on low heat. If sauce seems too thick add pasta water until
  it’s the consistancy you desire. Whisk in nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 Pour sauce over pasta and chicken, stir to combine. Turn crock pot on the warm
  or lowest setting.

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