olive garden asiago chicken

[sunk1st77]

does anyone know if this seems low carb to them not counting the side that it comes with? its 2 pieces of chicken stuffed with asiago, provolone, parmesan cheese and arugula, then has alfredo sauce on top of it. i ask because im not quite sure on the carb content of olive gardens alfredo sauce

[Katlambert]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

that's a good question...I don't know either. I know almost all of them in the store are 3g for a quarter cup, but I don't know what Olive Garden puts in theirs. Since I used to work at a Darden Restaurant, I would be willing to bet that they don't actually make the alfredo sauce on site...it probably comes in a bag. You could ask the server to do some looking around for you. The bags (at least the ones that came into Red Lobster years back) didn't have the nutritional information on them, but the boxes that the bags came in did. Ask them to look for you...let them work a bit for their money.

[ValidRouge]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

Try this site: http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrit...ates-39147.htm

This is a list of Olive Garden's entrees under 20 grams of carbs.

Call ahead of time and ask them about the carbohydrate count or ingredients of their Alfredo sauce. Then when you order, ask to have your alfredo sauce on the side.

[sunk1st77]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

yeah ive seen this site before but it says nothing about things such as alfredo sauce or salad dressing etc, it just lists the foods that are ok to eat and this is something they came out with this past week so its not listed on it the site.

[ValidRouge]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

Well, you'll have to call Olive Garden directly and ask them. Report back here when you do.

[cathyjobob]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

does anyone know if this seems low carb to them not counting the side that it comes with? its 2 pieces of chicken stuffed with asiago, provolone, parmesan cheese and arugula, then has alfredo sauce on top of it. i ask because im not quite sure on the carb content of olive gardens alfredo sauce

Olive Garden Nutrition Information

Additionally Olive Garden states:


If You’re Looking
For Low Fat Options…
This olive branch will lead you to delicious low fat items on our menu. Ask for low fat salad dressing with any of our salads.

If You’re Watching Carbohydrates…

Savor one of our grilled entreés with fresh vegetables in place of potatoes.

Enjoy our pasta entreés with whole wheat linguine.

In addition to these items, we proudly offer delicious choices for our Gluten Intolerant guests. For more information, ask for a manager.




I hope this helps somebody!

[jennifer ^v^]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

Be careful with this dish--I had it at a few weeks ago, and it came with a light breading! I had *no* way of knowing this would happen, because the menu simply said "grilled chicken." The breading was very light, which is why I only noticed it as I began scaping at the weird surface of the chicken. I sent it back and asked for it without the breading, and even the waitress was like, "There's breading on here?!"

I thought the dish was going to be safe, as I just left the alfredo sauce off altogther.

Maybe this is just a fluke thing that happened with me--just wanted to let everyone know.

[Angel_Eyes18]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

I work at applebees and they have the asiago chicken. However, they just want my MONAY!!!! but yea applebees isn't a bad choice for lowcarbie foods. They got WWfoods but they only consist of a big salad with grilled steak or chicken

[samichi]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

i'm glad i saw this... i'm supposed to be going to olive garden next thursday before my best friend's graduation.. and i didn't know what to get... well, i still won't know EXACTLY what but the links kind of gave me some options to work with atleast lol

[Einy]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

I just had a visit to Olive Garden yesterday and talked to the chef already on the low carb options (he seemed to be very familiar with Atkins). I think, the "Venetian Apricot Chicken" would be a good choice.

The order has apricot-citrus souce. If you are not in your fruit rung yet, you can replace it with lemon butter souce (souce has little bit of wine in it, not sure if this is OK) but the best for me was alfredo souce on the side since I am already in my dairy rung (I hope this is OK . I just had a little bit of it anyway. Cheese is really concentrated in there, so it has considerable carbs. As per to Fitday, 1/3 cup (which I think is the size of the soufflé cup they serve the souce in) = ~ 5.5 carbs.

[IrishIrish]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

Depending on whether you order the luncheon or dinner portion of the Venetian Apricot Chicken, Einy, use caution!!!

According to www.thedailyplate.com, the dinner portion of this dish has 448 calories, 11 grams of fat, 32 grams of carbs and 30 grams of protein. The entry for the luncheon portion doesn't indicate any carbs but I'm sure that is an oversight.

[Einy]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

IrishIrish, thanks for the info. I actually had the dinner portion. I think the 32gm carbs are from the sides and the apricot-citrus souce (the souce is sugary), but execluding the sides and the souce, I would be REALLY surprised if mine had any carbs in there. They were just grilled chicken breast.. no breading, no souce, nothing..

Have to admit though that I had very little choices there.. Pasta & breading is almost every where in the menu.

[anewdawn]

Re: olive garden asiago chicken

Olive Garden's Alfredo is safe. I have a mock-recipe - 2 cups of heavy cream, 1 cube of butter, 1/4 teas garlic powder and 1/4 c parmesan cheese. Simmer the first 3 ingredients for 8 minutes, stir in parmesan, and pour over steamed vegies, chicken, shrimp, etc.