Chicken Alfredo with Peppered Bacon and Artichoke Hearts

This is an easy on the go dinner.  One night I just threw everything together and it tasted excellent!  I was a little lazy with this one, so I have also posted a recipe for Alfredo sauce.  The link is below.

Ingredients:

Alfredo Sauce - either 1 jar or use Alfredo recipe found here

3 chicken breasts, sliced and cooked in frying pan

1 can artichoke hearts, cut up

5-6 slices of bacon, peppered and baked until crispy

1 package pasta of your choice

Combine cooked chicken and Alfredo sauce, heat thoroughly and add bacon.  Let it cook for a couple of minutes and add artichoke hearts, until heated, about 5 more minutes.  Serve over pasta of your choice.

Garlic Alfredo Sauce

This is Emeril's Alfredo sauce recipe.  I had found it a couple years ago and put on a recipe card. Because of this, I don't have a link.  I did make a couple of changes to the original recipe.  Its really easy to make and has a lot of flavor

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 shallot minced

1 cup heavy cream

1 1/2 cup finely grated parmesean

1 1/2 teaspoons chopped garlic

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, add shallots and garlic, saute until tender.  Add heavy cream and bring to a boil.  Cook until reduced, about 5 minutes.  Add Cheese and stir until thickened.