This Light Chicken Alfredo with Greek Yogurt Alfredo is creamy and decadent tasting while being lower in calories and fat. It’s simple to make and is the perfect low-fat dinner recipe to try this week!
I recently participated in a challenge to take a favorite dish that your family loves and swap soy sauce for salt, reducing the sodium by up to 50% in the recipe.
Of course, I picked Fettuccini Alfredo! Fettuccini is one of my family’s favorite dishes to enjoy any night of the week. However, traditional Fettuccini Alfredo dishes are packed sodium and fat.
As part of the challenge, I decided to make Fettuccini Alfredo that was low fat as well as low sodium but bursting with flavor. So happy I accepted the challenge because this Light Chicken Alfredo recipe is amazing!
Watch how easy it is to make Healthy Chicken Alfredo with Greek Yogurt Alfredo!
How to Make Light Chicken Alfredo with Greek Yogurt:
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil in large sauté pan, add chicken tenders. Cook chicken until internal temperature is 165 degrees (about 10 minutes).
- Remove chicken from sauté pan.
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil into the same pan, add garlic. Let cook 30 seconds.
- Whisk in flour, one tablespoon at a time. Slowly whisk chicken stock into flour mixture, blending until smooth.
- Stir in Greek Yogurt, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, soy sauce, and pepper. Remove from heat.
- Toss Alfredo sauce with fettuccini noodles, steamed broccoli, and chicken.
- Serve topped with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
Start by drizzling 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large sauté pan. Then, add chicken tenders or sliced chicken breasts. Cook until the internal temperature is 165 degrees.
PRO TIP: You can use shredded rotisserie chicken or canned chicken for this recipe if you are limited on time.
Once the chicken is cooked, remove from the sauté pan and set in a bowl to the side.
In the empty sauté pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Then, add the minced garlic clove. Let the garlic cook for about 30 seconds. When you start to smell the fragrance of garlic, it is done cooking.
Next, whisk in all-purpose or whole wheat flour, one tablespoon at a time. Slowly whisk chicken broth into flour mixture, blending until smooth. Then, stir in the Greek Yogurt.
Greek Yogurt Sauce for Light Chicken Alfredo
Traditionally, this pasta recipe would be made with cream cheese or heavy cream but using Greek Yogurt keeps this recipe light yet delicious.
I typically use a low-fat plain Greek yogurt for this Light Chicken Alfredo.
Add 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, soy sauce, and pepper. Stir together then remove from heat.
Time to add the pre-cooked fettuccine noodles to the sauté pan with the Greek yogurt mixture.
Then, mix until each noodle is covered with the sauce.
Toss Alfredo sauce with fettuccini noodles, steamed broccoli, and chicken.
PRO TIP: To easily steam broccoli, place in a microwave-safe dish with water covering the bottom. Cover. Heat for 5-6 minutes or until broccoli is fork-tender.
Serve topped with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
I also love to top this dish with red pepper flakes or cracked black pepper for extra flavor. I admit I wasn’t sure how low sodium, low-fat fettuccini recipe with greek yogurt pasta sauce would turn out…but it’s pretty amazing!
I hope your family enjoys this Healthy chicken Alfredo with broccoli as much as mine 🙂
Looking for other Greek Yogurt recipes? Here are a few to check out:
- Greek Chicken Thighs
- Frozen Yogurt with Fruit
- Instant Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff
- Healthy Chicken Spaghetti Recipe
- Greek Yogurt Coleslaw
- Root Veggie Crisps with Greek Yogurt Dip
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Fettuccini Alfredo With Chicken & Broccoli
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. olive oil divided
- 1 lb. chicken tenders or sliced chicken breasts you can also use rotisserie chicken
- 1 tbsp. minced garlic
- 3 tbsp. flour
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
- 3/4 cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese divided
- 4 cups broccoli steamed
- 8 oz. fettuccini noodles prepared per box instructions
Instructions
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil in large sauté pan, add chicken tenders (skip this step if using rotisserie chicken). Cook chicken until internal temperature is 165 degrees (about 10 minutes).
- Remove chicken from sauté pan.
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil into the same pan, add garlic. Let cook 30 seconds.
- Whisk in flour, one tablespoon at a time. Slowly whisk chicken stock into flour mixture, blending until smooth.
- Stir in Greek Yogurt, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, soy sauce, and pepper. Remove from heat.
- Toss Alfredo sauce with fettuccini noodles, steamed broccoli, and chicken.
- Serve topped with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
Notes
Nutrition
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Deanna Segrave-Daly says
I love love your use of soy sauce in this – so clever! And great video (complete with clap track at the end 🙂
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Deanna! I had to add it, I thought it was too funny not to… 😉
Jessica @ Nutritioulicious says
I love how you lightened up this notoriously heavy dish with greek yogurt and soy sauce! Yum!
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Jessica! I kind of thought the end result would be a lot less flavorful than the original, but I was wrong. The greek yogurt and parmesan added the creaminess and the soy sauce was an amazing flavor addition 🙂
Katie Cavuto says
Looks delish!!
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Katie!
markr356 says
Such a gourmet dish. Love how little prep time there is with this.
Create Kids Club says
Thank you! With young children in my home I focus on meals with little prep required 🙂
Kate says
Can’t wait to try this! The chicken enchiladas were a hit too!
Create Kids Club says
Yeah! I am so happy to hear that, Kate! If you get a chance, will you review the recipe? I would be so thankful!!
anne@Craving Something Healthy says
I saw (and shared) your video on Twitter yesterday – LOVE this sauce and I’ll be making it soon 🙂
Create Kids Club says
Thank you Anne! This was my very first “cooking” video with heat – I thought it went ok?! I hope you enjoy it!
Sarah says
I love fettuccine and broccoli together!!
Create Kids Club says
It really is a fantastic combo, isn’t it Sarah?!
Love & Zest (@KristinaLaRueRD) says
YUM! This looks fabulous.
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Kristina! It is really yummy 🙂
Jenna says
I would have never thought to put soy sauce in fettucine alfredo!
Create Kids Club says
It is a hidden gem. The flavor added is really delicious!
Meme says
Looks deeeeeelish!!! Great way to use soy sauce 🙂
and awesome video!
Create Kids Club says
Thank you Meme!
Kelli McGrane says
Oh man, I could’ve used this post last weekend as I tried to make a Greek yogurt Alfredo but the sauce was sadly way too thin. I’ll have to give yours a shot!
Create Kids Club says
This sauce is nice and creamy and not runny. I hope you give it a try Kelli!
Jess says
The flavor in this low fat dish was amazing! Thanks for the great recipe!
Erin D says
Hey! This recipe sounds amazing and is something different for my family to try. I was just curious as to how much is a serving size. Cup, ounces, etc. I’m on a diet and portions are definitely my weakness so I’ve been logging everything I eat and how much I eat.
Thanks!
Jodi Danen, RDN says
Hi Erin! This recipe makes enough servings for 8. It should be about 3/4 – 1 cup portions depending on how big your broccoli and chicken are chopped. I’d love to hear what you think if you make it!