Our Creamy Chicken and Bacon Tomato Pasta Sauce combines soft chicken, with smoky bacon and sun-dried tomatoes for a real intensity of flavour and finished with double cream to make this a real comfort food dish.
4rasherssmoked streaky bacon(cut into small strips)
4chicken breasts(cubed)
2leeks(finely sliced)
3clovesgarlic(crushed)
480gdried pasta(reserve 2 ladles of pasta cooking water)
150gsundried tomatoes
2tbsptomato puree
1tbspdried oregano
1tspfresh thyme leaves
300gdouble cream
salt & black pepper
1handfulfresh parsley to garnish(chopped)
Parmesan cheese - optional(grated)
Instructions
Place a large frying pan over a medium/high heat and pour in the olive oil. Add the streaky bacon and saute until the bacon in cooked through and becomes crispy.
While the bacon is cooking, get on with preparing the chicken and the rest of the vegetables.
Also place a large pan of boiling, salty water on the stove and cook the pasta for 12-15 minutes to al-dente so that it still retains some bite.
Add the chicken to the frying pan and give it a stir through the bacon.
Next add the leeks, garlic and chopped sun-dried tomatoes to the pan, give everything a cook mix together.
Turn the heat down to medium and cook everything gently until the leeks start to soften and the chicken is cooked through, approximately 10 minutes.
Once the pasta is cooked, drain, retaining 2-3 ladles of the pasta cooking water, and set aside.
Add the tomato puree, dried oregano and fresh thyme to the pan and stir through.
Now finish the sauce by loosening it with the retained pasta water. Add a ladle at a time until you achieve the desired consistency.
Stir through the double cream and season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
Add the pasta to the pasta sauce and stir through, ensuring the sauce completely coats the pasta.
Garnish with fresh parsley and some grated Parmesan cheese and serve immediately.
Notes
Retain a cup of the starchy pasta cooking water so you can add a ladle or two to the pasta sauce. The pasta water adds flavour to the pasta sauce as well helping to bind the sauce together with the cooked pasta.Feeding a crowd? No problem, this recipe is easily doubled up.To make this chicken and bacon tomato pasta gluten free, use gluten free pasta in place of regular pasta.
Nutrition Facts
Creamy Chicken & Bacon Tomato Pasta
Amount Per Serving
Calories 727Calories from Fat 279
% Daily Value*
Fat 31g48%
Saturated Fat 15g94%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 10g
Cholesterol 126mg42%
Sodium 278mg12%
Potassium 1480mg42%
Carbohydrates 81g27%
Fiber 7g29%
Sugar 13g14%
Protein 34g68%
Vitamin A 1590IU32%
Vitamin C 17mg21%
Calcium 118mg12%
Iron 5mg28%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only •
Course : Main Course, Pasta
Cuisine : Italian
Keyword : chicken and bacon pasta sauce, chicken bacon & tomato pasta, creamy chicken & bacon pasta