Chicken Bacon Pasta
by Cindi Sutter, Founder of The Spirited Table® - part of dinner for two with 5 ingredients
If your days are anything like mine, you can barely count to 5 at the end of it all. Also, at 7pm, this monster comes out of my stomach and says ‘GIMME ALL THE CARBS.’ Do you have that monster? No? Just me?
I’m always craving an easy, creamy pasta dish after Happy Hour. Yes, we celebrate Happy Hour in my house almost daily, and you are all invited! (foreshadowing Thursday’s cocktail for two post…)
Since I’ve normally filled up on bourbon, I take it a easy on the heavy cream and use yogurt as the creamy base for this sauce instead. But lacking flavor, this pasta is not. Do you see that bacon? Oh, heavens! Please buy the thick-cut bacon with peppered edges. It’s the king of bacon.
When you walk in the door from work, put the water on to boil for the pasta. By the time the pasta is al dente, you’ll have a creamy, easy dinner that no one can resist. You don’t have to tell anyone it’s made with yogurt instead of cream!
I created this Creamy Bacon Pasta recipe for Food Fanatic, but as always, I’ve embedded the recipe below to make it easy for y’all.
Makes 2 Servings
Ingredients
8 oz pasta, dry and any shape
3 slices bacon
1 breast of rotisserie chicken, with skin removed
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 tsp all purpose grilling seasoning mix
Instructions
- In a large stockpot, bring water to boil for pasta. Once the water is boiling, salt the pasta water (if you like), and then add the pasta. Stir once, and then cook for the recommended amount of time on the pasta box.
- Meanwhile, slice the bacon and cook it in a medium skillet over medium heat. When it is cooked through (but before it is all the way crispy!), remove from the pan and drain. While the bacon cooks, shred the chicken breast, and then warm it through in the bacon grease left in the pan.
- When the pasta is al dente, drain (saving some pasta water), and add to the skillet with the chicken. Stir in the bacon, yogurt, and seasoning. Add a bit of pasta water, a few tablespoons at a time, and toss until a sauce forms and evenly coats the pasta. Serve immediately. Leftovers do not keep well.