Grammy's Kitchen · Chili · Copycat Chili's Cajun Chicken Pasta
One of 163 chili recipes we measured
from www.delish.com
1 cooks on www.delish.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 163.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 70% | 23% |
| fat | 5% | 1% |
| aromatics | 0% | 16% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 58% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| Kosher salt | |
| 454 g | 16 oz. penne pasta |
| 680 g | 4 (6-oz.) boneless, skinless chicken breasts |
| 8 g | 1 tbsp. Cajun seasoning (plus more for sprinkling if desired) |
| 14 g | 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil |
| 43 g | 3 tbsp. unsalted butter |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp. dried oregano |
| 4 g | 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder, divided |
| 160 g | 4 (1"-thick) slices French or Italian bread |
| 357 g | 1 1/2 c. heavy cream |
| 360 g | 1 1/2 c. low-sodium chicken broth |
| 227 g | 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature, cut into 1" cubes |
| 113 g | 4 oz. Parmesan, finely grated (about 2 cups), plus more for serving |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.delish.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“<p>I'm not super familiar with the real thing (it's been years since I went to chili's), but this was so good! The blackened chicken is fire.</p>” — a cook, 5★