Creamy Chicken Pasta With Bacon
A delicious chicken and bacon pasta dish covered in a mouth watering creamy sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Boneless and skinless chicken
- 6 strips Bacon
- 1 tsp. Garlic powder
- 2 tbsp. Olive oil
- 1 tbsp. Butter
- 3 cloves Garlic minced
- 2 cups Spinach
- 4 pcs. Tomatoes small
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1½ cups Heavy cream
- 1½ tsp. Paprika
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp. Salt
- ¼ tsp. Red pepper flakes crushed
For the Pasta:
- 10 oz. Penne Pasta
- 2 tbsp. Parsley chopped
Instructions
- The first step is to fry up the bacon. Add your bacon strips to the skillet and fry until crispy. Grab a plate, and cover with a paper towel, and place cooked bacon on top to dab off grease. Cut bacon into 1 inch pieces.
- Dry your chicken with a paper towel, and season with a little salt, pepper and some garlic powder.
- Heat some olive oil in a large skillet, and add your seasoned chicken breasts to the pan. Cook on a medium high heat for around 5 minutes, and turn to cook the other side. Total cooking time should be about 8-10 minutes, or until chicken is nicely browned.
- Once cooked, remove chicken from the skillet and slice it up.
- Add some butter to the skillet, and wait for it to melt. Throw in your chopped garlic and cook until fragrant for about 2 minutes.
- Pour in your tomatoes, and cook for a further 3 minutes on a medium high heat until they begin to juice up. Then, add your fresh spinach and cook.
- Turn the heat down a little, and season the ingredients in the skillet with Italian seasoning, paprika, salt and crushed red pepper.
- Pour in the heavy cream, and stir in a little parmesan cheese slowly. Keep adding more and allowing the cheese to melt into the cream.
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil and pour in your penne pasta. Cook the pasta in accordance with package directions and drain when done.
- Add your sliced chicken, pasta and bacon together in the skillet and stir until fully coated in the sauce.
- Once mixed, you can serve the dish up with a little parmesan cheese on top, parsley, and garnish with a few red pepper flakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 768kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 50gFat: 38gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 133mgSodium: 1427mgPotassium: 1499mgFiber: 5gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 8655IUVitamin C: 44.1mgCalcium: 477mgIron: 4.2mg
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