Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta Recipe
A delicious and indulgent creamy chicken and bacon pasta featuring crispy smoked bacon, succulent chicken thighs in a creamy parmesan cheese sauce.
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 1025kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g Chicken Thigh Meat 8½oz
- 8 Rashers Streaky Bacon 175g
- 1 Small-Medium Echalion or Banana Shallot 35g
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 75 ml Dry White Wine ⅓ Cup
- Generous pinch of salt plus extra for boiling the pasta
- 175 g Dried Pasta 6oz
- 125 ml Double Cream ½ Cup
- 20 g Fresh Parsley ½ Cup
- 25 g Grated Parmesan Cheese ¼ Cup
- 5 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
Instructions
- Heat a grill or broiler to high and cook the bacon until crispy, which should take around 8-12 minutes.
- Peel and dice the shallot as finely as you can.
- Peel and slice the garlic as thinly as you can.
- Pick the leaves from the thyme.
- Finely chop the parsley
- Cut the chicken thighs into strips 3-5mm (⅛-¼") thick across the thigh.
- Bring a 20cm or 8" saucepan of well-salted water to a boil. I use 1½ teaspoons of salt in a pan this size.
- When the bacon is cooked, set aside on some kitchen towel and transfer the rendered bacon fat to a frying pan (25cm or 10"). You need around 2 tablespoons; if you do not have enough, make it up with butter, duck fat or lard.Add the shallots and garlic to the pan and cook without colouring for 2-3 minutes over a medium-low heat.
- Turn up the heat to medium, add the chicken and season with a generous pinch of salt, then cook for another 5 minutes.
- Pour the white wine into the pan with the chicken, add the parsley and thyme, then reduce the wine by half. Turning the heat up a little helps here.
- Whilst the wine is reducing, boil the pasta until al dente, then drain and reserve some cooking water. This will take 8-10 minutes, depending on your pasta.
- Reduce the heat under the sauce to low and stir through the cream and parmesan cheese. Simmer on low until the pasta is cooked.
- Crumble through most of the bacon (reserving a little for garnish), and stir.
- Add the pasta to the sauce, stir to coat, adding as much pasta water to complete the sauce, this should be around 75ml (⅓ Cup).
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 1025kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 62g | Fat: 67g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 34g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 305mg | Sodium: 1827mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g
