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Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta Recipe
This Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta is one for all these days when nothing however a creamy pasta will do. It’s unapologetically indulgent, and loaded with all of the important meals teams – cream, parmesan, chicken and BACON. Little or no prep, on the desk in 20 minutes!
Luxuriously wealthy Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta
I’ve been topped the Queen of Creamy-With out-Cream*, however right this moment I’m dethroning myself quickly simply so I can share this Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta with you with out an inkling of guilt.
We’ve made it to the tip of the yr, and the month of December is about indulgences. I’ve been very smart previously and shared actual Alfredo recipes, made the true correct Italian manner. That recipe makes use of simply 1/2 cup of cream for 250g / 0.5 lb of pasta.
This recipe makes use of 3/4 cup of cream for 180g / 6 oz of pasta. I used to be very trustworthy with you proper from the outset….that is indulgent!
* I’ve been identified previously for self proclaimed titles (equivalent to Roast Queen). Nevertheless, on this explicit event, it was in reality the editor of Tremendous Meals Concepts journal who identified my fetish for creamy-without-cream. I really feel that gives some stage of authority for this title!
In any case, it’s the month for extreme meals indulgences, proper? The month the place even after we’re completely decided to eat wholesome, there are treats at each flip engaging us. Workplace events, meals items, gatherings with households and pals.
This is only one extra enticement so as to add to that listing. 😈
All that creamy sauce. All. That. CREAMY. SAUCE!!!
I do really feel a bit responsible sharing such an indulgent deal with with you. So I promise you, I’ve a giant wholesome repair developing quickly. Possibly even this Wednesday!
Within the meantime, simply suppose again to all you could have achieved in 2016. Even should you didn’t make a dent in your listing, ignore the fails and concentrate on the successes. Give your self a pat on the again, a reward.
Then deal with your self to THIS Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta! 😉 – Johnsat xx
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WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Watch and weep that you may’t attain by way of the display screen…
Ingredients
- 6 oz / 180 g fettuccine or other pasta
- 5 -7 oz / 150 – 200 g bacon , chopped
- 6 oz / 180 g chicken breast , cut in half horizontally
- 1 tbsp (30 g) butter
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/2 small onion , finely chopped (brown, white or yellow)
- 3/4 cup (185ml) heavy cream / thickened cream
- 3/4 cup (185ml) pasta cooking water (Note 1)
- 1/2 cup FRESH grated parmesan (or 1/4 cup store bought grated) (Note 2)
- Fresh parsley
- Parmesan
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add pasta and cook for time per packet MINUS 2 minutes (finishes cooking in Sauce).
- SCOOP OUT a mugful of pasta cooking water, then drain.
- Meanwhile, cook bacon until golden, drain on paper towels.
- Season chicken on both sides, cook in bacon fat, 2 minutes each side.
- Wipe pan – optional, to keep sauce pretty and white, and for a buttery clean tasting sauce rather than very bacony (Note 3).
- Over medium heat, melt butter. Add garlic and onion, cook for 3 – 4 minutes until onion is light golden and soft.
- Add cream, about 3/4 cup pasta water and parmesan. Stir, then simmer for 2 minutes until it reduces slightly – you don’t need to be exact here. Season with salt & pepper.
- Add pasta and toss gently in the sauce for about 1 1/2 minutes. The sauce will thicken and coat the pasta, do this step until you get the sauce consistency you want. If your sauce gets too thick, add a splash of pasta water.
- Toss through bacon and chicken.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parmesan and parsley!
Notes
1. Just before you drain the pasta, scoop out a mugful of the pasta cooking water. This will be used for the sauce – the starch in the water reacts with the oil in the cream / butter and thickens the sauce.
2. Fresh grated parmesan is finer than store bought so it melts in the sauce. If you use store bought, ensure you use a finely grated one otherwise it won’t melt properly so the sauce won’t be silky smooth (flavour will still be delish though!)
3. I know it feels like a crime to throw out the bacon fat. I actually photographed and filmed this without wiping the pan and not using butter, but I really just felt the sauce tasted too bacony. Also it was brown instead of white. 🙂 So that’s why I wipe the pan. You don’t have to. You could skip the butter and use the bacon fat instead. But it will taste much more bacony, bordering on greasy rather than buttery creamy sauce (depending on how fatty the bacon is), and the colour will be light brown instead of white.
4. I’m providing the nutrition analysis reluctantly. I told you – this is indulgent. And worth it!!! 🙂
Nutrition is per serving. This takes into account 1 1/2 tbsp of fat that is discarded after cooking the bacon. 271 calories of the total 946 calories is attributable to the bacon. If you use ham instead of bacon (really yum!), it reduces to 790 calories per serving.
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