Chicken Alfredo is an easy dinner to do- especially easy if you already have chicken laid out/defrosted and ready to go. You can make this dish with easy pieces of chicken like pre-cut tenderloins, chicken breasts or even chicken thighs. You can add a variety of things to the pasta, chicken and sauce recipe and you can even turn it into a casserole dish sprinkled with parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs and baked! Here is the $5 recipe that complete with “fixings” (i.e oven roasted or stovetop veggies).

Chicken Alfredo Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 pkg Chicken Tenderloins
- Alfredo Sauce
- Pasta
- Onion
- Garlic salt, pepper and Italian Seasoning
- Optional Ad-on: Bacon and peas
- Olive oil
Instructions
- Chop onion, mince garlic and season the chicken strips
- Drizzle olive oil on a hot, large pan and place the entire package of chicken strips (use half for leftover meals)
- Turn the heat down and cover the pan, frequently check the chicken and flip the strips over to cook on both sides
- Bring a pot of water to boil and then add the fettuccini pasta, drain when pasta is tender
- Add Alfredo sauce to the now empty pot and heat
- Remove chicken strips and let rest. After a couple minutes, chop into bite size pieces
- Optional Steps- heat peas and/or cook bacon and set to the side
- Mix all the ingredients together with the sauce
- Optional: Make oven roasted vegetables- bake 4 chopped carrots with the usual garlic, onion, salt, pepper, and paprika seasoning
Make any one of these Affordable Side Dishes, and you have a $5 Dinner!

Cost at a Glance for Chicken Alfredo
This will make more than 1 night’s dinner- estimate 3-4 meals? Ingredients cost $10 for 4 servings: so totally a $5 Dinner
- Chicken Tenderloins 1 “package” $6 estimate- used half for dinner $3
- Alfredo Sauce (half jar) $1
- Bag of frozen peas $0.48
- Pasta $2 (already had it)
- Onion $0.50 (guess-stimate)
- Garlic, salt, pepper and Italian Seasoning

Chicken Alfredo
This chicken Alfredo recipe is easy and versatile. Read on if you're looking for affordable dishes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pkg Chicken Tenderloins
- Alfredo Sauce
- Pasta
- Onion
- Garlic salt, pepper and Italian Seasoning
- Optional Ad-on: Bacon and peas
- Olive oil
Instructions
- Chop onion, mince garlic and season the chicken strips
- Drizzle olive oil on a hot, large pan and place the entire package of chicken strips (use half for leftover meals)
- Turn the heat down and cover the pan, frequently check the chicken and flip the strips over to cook on both sides
- Bring a pot of water to boil and then add the fettuccini pasta, drain when pasta is tender
- Add Alfredo sauce to the now empty pot and heat
- Remove chicken strips and let rest. After a couple minutes, chop into bite size pieces
- Optional Steps- heat peas and/or cook bacon and set to the side
- Mix all the ingredients together with the sauce
- Optional: Make oven roasted vegetables- bake 4 chopped carrots with the usual garlic, onion, salt, pepper, and paprika seasoning
Notes
Cost at a Glance
- Chicken Tenderloins 1 “package” $6 estimate- used half for dinner $3
- Alfredo Sauce (half jar) $1
- Bag of frozen peas $0.48
- Pasta $2 (already had it)
- Onion $0.50 (guess-stimate)
- Garlic, salt, pepper and Italian Seasoning
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