Creamy Chicken Gorgonzola Pasta Sauce
¼ recipe of creamy chicken gorgonzola pasta sauce contains 781 Calories. The macronutrient breakdown is 4% carbs, 79% fat, and 17% protein. This is a good source of protein (59% of your Daily Value), potassium (10% of your Daily Value), and calcium (21% of your Daily Value).
Ingredients
Directions
- Heat butter and olive oil in large skillet over medium high heat.
- Add chicken and cook 3 minutes then squeeze the lemon juice over chicken
- Continue cooking until chicken is done (approx. 6 minutes total, but this will depend on how you cubed the chicken).
- Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
- Lower heat to medium.
- Add heavy cream, gorgonzola, parmesan and black pepper.
- Continue cooking until mixture starts to thicken.
- Add cooked chicken to sauce and simmer until everything is heated thoroughly.
- Add spinach, cook until just starting to wilt and serve immediately over pasta of your choice.
- Garnish with chopped walnuts.
- (source: https://www.therecipewench.com/creamy-chicken-gorgonzola-pasta-sauce/)
Nutrition Facts
For ¼ recipe of creamy chicken gorgonzola pasta sauce
Nutrient | Value | %DV |
---|---|---|
Calories | 781 | |
Fats | 70g | 90% |
Saturated fats | 29g | 143% |
Trans fats | 1g | |
Cholesterol | 198mg | 66% |
Sodium | 513mg | 22% |
Carbs | 8g | 3% |
Net carbs | 6g | |
Fiber | 2g | 8% |
Sugar | 3g | |
Protein | 33g | |
Calcium | 210mg | 21% |
Iron | 2mg | 25% |
Potassium | 493mg | 10% |
Vitamin D | 1μg | 8% |
Vitamins and Minerals | ||
Alpha carotene | 0.2μg | |
Beta carotene | 1842μg | |
Caffeine | 0mg | |
Choline | 100mg | 18% |
Copper | 0.3mg | 33% |
Fluoride | 2μg | |
Folate (B9) | 50μg | 12% |
Lycopene | 0.1μg | |
Magnesium | 88mg | 21% |
Manganese | 1mg | 39% |
Niacin | 11mg | 71% |
Pantothenic acid | 1mg | 28% |
Phosphorus | 401mg | 57% |
Retinol | 387μg | |
Riboflavin (B2) | 0.3mg | 20% |
Selenium | 28μg | 51% |
Theobromine | 0mg | |
Thiamine | 0.1mg | 9% |
Vitamin A IU | 4366IU | |
Vitamin A | 541μg | 60% |
Vitamin B12 | 1μg | 28% |
Vitamin B6 | 1mg | 55% |
Vitamin C | 6mg | 6% |
Vitamin D IU | 46IU | |
Vitamin D2 | 0μg | |
Vitamin D3 | 1μg | |
Vitamin E | 3mg | 19% |
Vitamin K | 100μg | 83% |
Zinc | 2mg | 20% |
Sugars | ||
Sugar | 3g | |
Sucrose | 0.2g | |
Glucose | 0.1g | |
Fructose | 0g | |
Lactose | 0g | |
Maltose | 0g | |
Galactose | 0g | |
Starch | 0g | |
Fats | ||
Saturated fats | 29g | 143% |
Monounsaturated fats | 20g | |
Polyunsaturated fats | 10g | |
Trans fats | 1g | |
Fatty Acids | ||
Total omega 3 | 1g | |
Total omega 6 | 6g | |
Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) | 0.5g | |
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0g | |
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0g | |
Docosapentaenoic Acid (DPA) | 0g | |
Amino Acids | ||
Alanine | 2g | |
Arginine | 2g | |
Aspartic acid | 3g | |
Cystine | 0.4g | |
Glutamic acid | 5g | |
Glycine | 2g | |
Histidine | 1g | |
Hydroxyproline | 0g | |
Isoleucine | 2g | |
Leucine | 2g | |
Lysine | 2g | |
Methionine | 1g | |
Phenylalanine | 1g | |
Proline | 2g | |
Serine | 1g | |
Threonine | 1g | |
Tryptophan | 0.4g | |
Tyrosine | 1g | |
Valine | 2g |