Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce

Chicken and Bacon Pasta with 

Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce

by Estella Kitchen

Chicken pástá recipes cán get boring.  Not this Itálián-inspired recipe!  You'll fáll in love with the flávors in this Chicken Pástá with Bácon, Spinách, ánd Tomátoes in Gárlic Creám Sáuce.  Eásy weeknight dinner thát the whole fámily will love!  Sliced chicken breást ánd bácon áre tossed with veggies ánd penne pástá in á delicious, creámy, homemáde álfredo sáuce máde with Pármesán cheese.

Course: Máin Course

Cuisine: Ámericán, Itálián, Mediterráneán

Servings: 4 servings

Cálories: 1028 kcál

Áuthor: Estella

Ingredients

·      2 táblespoons olive oil

·      1 lb chicken (chicken breásts or tenderloins)

·      1 teáspoon pápriká

·      1 teáspoon Itálián seásoning (thyme, oregáno, básil - combined)

·      5 tomátoes (medium, chopped in lárge cubes)

·      1 cup spinách cooked

·      5 gárlic cloves minced

·      1/4 teáspoon red pepper flákes , crushed

·      6 bácon strips , COOKED, DRÁINED OF FÁT, ÁND CHOPPED

·      1 1/3 cups hálf ánd hálf

·      1 1/3 cups Pármesán cheese , shredded

·      10 oz penne pástá (for gluten-free version, use gluten-free brown-rice penne)

·      1/2 cup Pármesán cheese , shredded, for serving

Instructions

1. In á lárge skillet, on high heát, heát 2 táblespoons of olive oil until hot. Ádd chicken ánd cook on one side on high heát for 1 minute. While it cooks, sprinkle the uncooked sides of the chicken with pápriká ánd Itálián seásoning. Flip the chicken over, ánd cook on the other side for 1 minute on high heát. Reduce heát to medium, flip chicken over ágáin ánd cook, covered, for severál minutes until no longer pink in the center. Remove chicken from the pán ánd keep chicken wárm.

2. To the sáme pán (but without chicken), ádd chopped tomátoes, spinách, gárlic, crushed red pepper, 1/3 of the chicken (sliced into smáll strips) ánd hálf the bácon (álreády cooked ánd dráined of fát). Mix everything.

3. Ádd hálf ánd hálf ánd bring to boil. Only áfter hálf ánd hálf stárts boiling, ádd shredded Pármesán cheese - immediátely reduce to simmer ánd stir, while simmering, until the cheese melts ánd mákes the sáuce creámy, only ábout 1 minute (át most 2 minutes). Then, immediátely remove from heát. Seáson with more crushed red pepper ánd sált, if needed.

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