Olive Garden Chicken Scampi is one of their most requested menu items. It is very easy to make, and if you love fresh peppers this recipe is perfect for you. Chicken is breaded and cooked, and then served with a savory wine sauce.
This recipe was one that was requested a little while back from a young reader who has had great success with many of the other Olive Garden copy cat recipes, and he asked for this one. I wanted to make this recipe for him. So often people just like yourself request many recipes, and if the restaurant is still in business, I can get to it, and I will try my best. In his letter, he mentioned that his family used to go to the Olive Garden frequently, and they had a lot of good memories there. I think by recreating your favorite dish at home helps you recreate those favorite memories that you have when you go out to eat.
Honestly, this is one of my favorite dishes. It was requested in such a sweet and touching way. It was also my first recipe to shoot with my new camera guy. I loved how this dish turned out.
If you do not drink wine, you may want substitute low sodium chicken broth. When choosing wine for this recipe, I would choose an inexpensive Chardonnay or other dry white wine. I would choose something that is drinkable. If you want to go meatless on this dish, I think you could omit the chicken and use some mushrooms instead. Either way this is going to be delicious.
Here is my cooking tip, if you don’t want to have to buy random bottles of wine for cooking, I suggest you buy a bottle of dry sherry and use it whenever a recipe calls for white wine. You don’t have to worry about sherry going bad, in a couple of days. This stays good for a couple of months.
Do you like the Olive Garden? Try this copy cat recipes from the Olive Garden.
Favorite Olive Garden Recipes
Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce
Olive Garden Fried Mozzarella Cheese
Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken tenders
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 tablespoons olive oil - divided use
- 1/2 green bell pepper sliced thin
- 1/2 red bell pepper sliced thin
- 1/2 orange bell pepper sliced thin
- 1/2 red onion sliced thin
- 1 clove garlic sliced thin
- 1 pound pasta
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasonings
Instructions
- Place flour, salt, and pepper into a shallow dish and mix well with a fork. Place milk in a shallow dish. Dredge chicken first in flour, then dip into milk, and then dredge again in the flour.
- Place breaded chicken on a rack and allow to rest 10 minutes before cooking. While the chicken is resting, cut peppers, onions, and garlic. Saute peppers, onions, and garlic in a large heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Season peppers, onions, and garlic with a light sprinkling of salt. Saute until peppers begin to brown. Remove from skillet.
- Place remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in hot skillet. Place chicken in skillet. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes on each side until the chicken has browned on both sides. Remove chicken from pan. Deglaze the pan by adding white wine to the pan and add italian seasoning blend. Scrape the bottom with a spoon scrapping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Add heavy cream and mix well. Return cooked vegetables to the pan and stir. Add cooked pasta to the skillet. Plate the pasta and sauce, placing a few pieces of cooked chicken with each plate.
Car Lover says
We loved this!
Amy says
May I use chicken broth instead of wine in this recipe?
Stephanie says
You can, but the results will be different than what is served.
Denise says
For the sauce can I use 2percent milk but add a little flour to thicken the sauce?
Stephanie says
I don’t think this will work well. 2% milk doesn’t do a great job at making a creamy sauce. Can you do it, yes. I personally want a thick and creamy sauce, and 2% milk just isn’t up to the job.
Alice says
How does the chicken stay hot before the last steps ?
Stephanie says
Yes it stays hot.
Mindy says
My daughter made me this yesterday for Mother’s Day, and it was wonderful! It tasted exactly like the Olive Garden meal. Great job with this Copy Cat recipe!
Stephanie says
Thank you! Happy Mother’s day, a couple of days late.
Janet says
another suggestioni for the wine besides the sherry and the chicken broth, if you want the white wine but don’t want to open a bottle and it go bad after a couple days, get those little individual wine bottles that usually come in a 4 pack..i have both the red and the white in my cabinet for cooking or for a long day..haha.
Stephanie says
Oh, that’s a great idea. I never think of those!
surveillancekart says
Love the recipe! i should try this myself. thank you for posting such good recipe.
Janet says
Your recipe looks fantastic!! I will try making this very soon!! Thank you!
Nate says
Love this recipe……. Family loves it!!!!!! I think it’s just like or 0perhaps better then OG.
Brady says
Stephanie, this was excellent! I’ve never had this dish from Olive Garden, but I’m so glad that I found this recipe! My husband and I are generally low carb, so I used almond flour for the chicken and red lentil/quinoa blend linguini. My husband is groaning on the sofa as I type this from eating too much….that my friend is a sincere compliment 😉
Rachel says
I actually had never had the Olive Garden version, but my fiance and his family loved it. So when I came across this recipe about a year ago, I had to try it. We have made it many times side and everyone loves it. I’ve now tried the Olive Garden version and I have to say, I like this recipe WAY better! I was actually really disappointed in comparison. So well done!
Stephanie says
I am so glad you liked this recipe. This recipe was very important to get this one right. I received a heart touching email about a request for this particular recipe.
Jackie says
The dish itself is good. We thoroughly enjoyed it. A copycat of Chicken Scampi at Olive Garden? Not close. This is a miss. Where is the garlic? Too much cream. Too much breading on the chicken for this particular dish. Like I said, in itself a good recipe. I will tweak it and make again.
Also, very well written, easy to follow. Kudos!
Stephanie says
I am sorry this copycat wasn’t up to your standards. I know there is some variation in the restaurants and how they prepare their food.
Kendra says
Lol. I love you. I tried this a while back. Making it again tonight! So good!
Stephanie says
I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Jackie says
The dish itself is good. We thoroughly enjoyed it. A copycat of Chicken Scampi at Olive Garden? Not close. This is a miss. Where is the garlic? Too much cream. Too much breading on the chicken for this particular dish. Like I said, in itself a good recipe. I will tweak it and make again.