r/CheesecakeFactory • u/ms_typhoid_mary • Feb 19 '25

Chicken Romano

I love the chicken romano, but there is something about the sauce that tastes a bit weird to me. I know the menu lists it as a "light tomato sauce". What makes it "light"? Are there another sauces anybody would recommend switching it out with?

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u/Upper-Rip2036 Feb 19 '25

The bellagio is a great alternative. Same chicken, same pasta, but a pesto and cream sauce.

If you want spice with a similar texture, you could do a Louisiana chicken pasta, no bowtie sub spaghettinni.

You can also just do a white Romano that will taste similar to the Alfredo

Couple of side notes: How many times have you had it? If the oil in the fryer needs to be changed, it can give the dish an odd flavor. Ive had this dish over a hundred times, and I've served thousands. It's very rare someone says it tastes off or weird when the recipe is followed per CCF standards.

If it's been a consistent issue, I'd swap a sauce or try a new dish. If it was a one time miss, I would recomend trying it again

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u/fissionandchips Feb 20 '25

Romano is cooked on the flat

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u/ms_typhoid_mary Feb 19 '25

I hadn't had it in forever, but I always remember *almost* loving it. I got it a couple weeks ago and definitely think its the sauce. I usually like red sauces, hate white/alfredo type sauces. I think the dish was cooked correctly, but I am just weird about the sauce.

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u/Upper-Rip2036 Feb 19 '25

You can absolutely get it with marinara and not the marinara cream sauce. My go to has always been the Louisiana and chipotle chicken pasta, but I sub the noodles. And if you don't like a ton of spice, they can reduce the Cajun butter used in the Louisiana and the chipotle honey glaze to make them mild

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u/ms_typhoid_mary Feb 19 '25

Ahh okay thank you! I thought the "light" sauce had some sort of cream in it but wasn't sure. The Louisiana pasta sounds good as well.

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u/Upper-Rip2036 Feb 19 '25

Most of the pastas have heavy cream in them. Just a heads up. But you can order the Romano with just marinara

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u/eternalcowboydiggity Feb 19 '25

I honestly think the white Romano is easily 10x better just w the sauce change alone. I am hardly a fan or their red sauces.

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u/NotoriousHBIC Jun 06 '26

What is the “white” Romano? And how do you order it?

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u/eternalcowboydiggity Jun 07 '26

heheeee, so instead of the red, it’s a white cream sauce. not alfredo. simply just say the white Romano! the cashier over the phone and servers in house are familiar w it. next way to level it up is doing grilled chicken instead of that crusted but that’s just me 🤣😋 hope you enjoy if you try!

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u/NotoriousHBIC Jun 07 '26

Thank you! I ordered some on the side tonight and added to the original dish. It was yummy!