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Lemon Pepper Chicken Fettuccine

Created: August 17, 2016 Updated: December 17, 2020 by Lyuba Brooke 8 Comments *This post may contain affiliate links. Read More...

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Easy pasta dish that’s so full of flavors, you can’t stop eating it. Chicken breast cooked with lemon pepper spices and served on top of pasta that’s been tossed in lemon pepper sauce.

Lemon Pepper Chicken over Fettuccine in a cast iron skillet with green onions on top

LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN FETTUCCINE

You ask for an easy dinner and I deliver! Well, I don’t actually deliver the meal but I “deliver” the recipe. It is very easy to make and SO tasty, you will have no trouble with this lemon pepper chicken at all.

It’s lemon pepper seasoned chicken on top of fettuccine that has been cooked in lemon pepper sauce. Lemon pepper seasoning is also homemade. Hubs thought it was so fancy that even the lemon pepper seasoning was homemade but what he didn’t know was that it was only homemade because I simply didn’t have any store-bought in the pantry.

Sometimes my family thinks that I’m all “Martha Stuart” and make homemade everything, but really, most times I just don’t feel like going to the store over one ingredient.

top view Lemon Pepper Chicken over Fettuccine in a cast iron skillet with green onions on top

HOW TO MAKE LEMON PEPPER SEASONING

Next time you’re frantically looking for lemon pepper seasoning in your pantry, don’t panic. You can easily make homemade seasoning and there are only 3 ingredients. 

You will need lemons, whole peppercorns or ground black pepper, and coarse salt. 

First thing to do is zest 4 lemons and dry out the zest. Spread lemon zest in a baking sheet, on top of parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 170, which is the lowest setting most oven will go now. Place the baking sheet in the oven and let the lemon zest dry out completely. It takes  about 30 minutes. 

Once lemon zest has dried, combine it with peppercorns and coarse salt in an herb grinder and blend. (Psst, I actually use my coffee grinder as an herb grinder and it works perfectly well.)

Use what you need for the recipe and store the rest in an air-tight glass jar. 

Lemon Pepper Chicken over Fettuccine in a cast iron skillet with green onions on top with a fork

SOME MORE RECIPES TO TRY:

Fettuccine with Bourbon Bacon Sauce

Tomato Basil Sausage Pasta Skillet

Pesto Alfredo Tortellini

One-Pan Fettuccine Alfredo from No. 2 Pencil

One-Pot Chicken Pot Pie Fettuccine from Whole and Heavenly Oven

Lemon Pepper Chicken over Fettuccine in a cast iron skillet with green onions on top

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Lemon Pepper Chicken over Fettuccine in a cast iron skillet with green onions on top with a fork

Black skillet filled with lemon pepper chicken fettuccine topped with scallions and parmesan cheese as viewed from above.

Lemon Pepper Chicken Fettuccine

Chicken breast cooked with lemon pepper spices and served on top of pasta that's been tossed in lemon pepper sauce.
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Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Italian
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 667kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • 1 large chicken breast
  • 1 Tbsp lemon pepper seasoning
  • Vegetable oil for cooking
  • 6-8 oz fettuccine
  • Save 3 Tbsp of water from cooking pasta
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 1 large leek
  • Salt
  • Water from cooking pasta
  • 1/3 cup chicken stock
  • 2 tsp lemon pepper seasoning
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp Fresh grated Parmesan cheese for topping
  • 1 tbsp Green onions for topping

Instructions

  • Cook pasta, drain and set side. Make sure to save a little bit of pasta water.
  • Cut off the dark green leaves off the leek and the very bottom by the roots, discard what you cut off or save it for making homemade vegetable stock. Wash the leeks and cut them length-wise in half. Thinly slice the leek halves into half circles. Set aside.
  • Preheat a medium cooking pan, over medium heat. Add some vegetable oil.
  • Cut chicken breast in half, width-wise, and season each side generously with lemon pepper seasoning.
  • Cook seasoned chicken breasts until done. Take them out of the pan and set aside.
  • In the same cooking pan, add butter and sliced leek and cook until golden, stirring often. Season with a little bit of salt.
  • Once leeks are cooked, add pasta water, chicken stock and lemon juice. Mix well.
  • Add lemon pepper seasoning, mix and taste if you need to add any more salt.
  • Stir in pasta into the sauce and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Slice chicken and either mix it into the pasta or add it on top of pasta.
  • Grate some Parmesan cheese on top. Add some diced green onion on top as well. Serve immediately.

Notes

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have a slight variation.

Nutrition

Calories: 667kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 191mg | Sodium: 363mg | Potassium: 806mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1390IU | Vitamin C: 10.1mg | Calcium: 118mg | Iron: 3.5mg
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Lemon Pepper Chicken over Fettuccine in a cast iron skillet with green onions on top

LYUBA

ABOUT LYUBA

I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, Chicken, Dinner, Pasta, Valentine's Day

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.

Comments

  1. Alexandra says

    March 25, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    5 stars
    Great, easy recipe…I didn’t have fettuccine so I used angel hair pasta and added asparagus. It was absolutely delish.

    Reply
    • LyubaB says

      March 30, 2020 at 2:29 pm

      Hi, Alexandra! I am so glad you liked it and thank you for taking the time to tell me. 🙂

      Reply
  2. David Harrison says

    March 3, 2019 at 12:22 pm

    5 stars
    We just made this and it was a huge hit. The whole family loved it. No doubt that it’s fantastic as written, We only made a few minor changes, and two of those: 1) included the light-green parts of the green onions with the leeks. 2) added the zest of two lemons (used half on the chicken and half in the sauce), and 3) added some peas in with the pasta, just to have a bit more vegetables. I think artichoke hearts would also work really nicely in this dish. Also found that it’s nice to squeeze a bit of fresh lemon juice over the dish after it’s plated. That really gives it a nice brightness. Thanks for the recipe Lyuba. This is the first one of yours that we’ve made; looking forward to checking out some of the others.

    Reply
    • David Harrison says

      March 3, 2019 at 12:31 pm

      Sorry, got distracted while editing the post, came back and hit send. LOL *two of those don’t involve any extra ingredients.

      Reply
      • lyuba says

        March 16, 2019 at 12:25 pm

        Thank you so much for coming to tell me, David! I’m so glad you liked it and those sound like great changes. I do think the artichokes will go very well here because artichokes are great with lemon flavor. You can absolutely adjust lemon flavor as much as you prefer 🙂

        Reply
  3. nata says

    September 1, 2016 at 12:49 am

    How much pasta water do you add to the chicken stock and lemon juice? Is it the 3 T saved or a different amount?
    This recipe looks delicious and easy.

    Thank you.

    Reply
    • lyuba says

      September 7, 2016 at 6:13 pm

      Hi Nata,
      Yes, you would add what you saved from cooking pasta. I hope you enjoy it!!

      Reply

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