Olive Garden Chicken Scampi (Serves 4-6)

About This Dish

Olive Garden Chicken Scampi is one of the most distinctive dishes on the catering menu, priced at $63.29 for a pan serving 4 to 6 guests and totaling 4,190 calories. The dish combines chicken tenderloins with sauteed bell peppers and red onions in a creamy scampi sauce served over angel hair pasta. The scampi sauce at Olive Garden is a garlic-forward cream sauce with white wine notes that differs from both the traditional butter-lemon shrimp scampi and the Alfredo cream sauce, occupying a flavor profile that bridges the two. The angel hair pasta provides a delicate texture that absorbs the scampi sauce more efficiently than thicker pasta shapes.

Olive Garden Chicken Scampi delivers 178 grams of fat and 9,900 milligrams of sodium per full pan. At $63.29 it is mid-range in the Classic Entrées catering lineup. The combination of colorful bell peppers and red onions gives the dish a visual appeal and a slight sweetness that balances the richness of the cream sauce. This dish is ideal for groups who want something more nuanced than a straight Alfredo but still want the comfort of a cream-based pasta. Pairs well with the Famous House Salad and breadsticks to complete the catering meal.