How To Make 5-Ingredient Bacon Asparagus Pasta
5 ingredients are all it take to make a quick and easy lunch or dinner dish. Try making this creamy and filling asparagus pasta with bacon at home.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½lbuncooked pasta
- ½lbuncooked bacon,diced
- ½lb.fresh aspagarus,ends trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
- ½cupdry white wine
- ½cupParmesan cheese,grated or flaked
Instructions
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Cook the pasta in a large pot of generously-salted water al dente according to package instructions.
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Meanwhile, add bacon to a medium saute pan.
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Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crispy. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside.
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Add asparagus to the pan and saute in the bacon grease for about 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cooked. Remove asparagus with a slotted spoon, and set aside with the bacon.
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Slowly add the white wine to the pan, and scrape the bottom of the pan with a spoon to deglaze the pan and pick up all of those yummy brown bits.
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Continue cooking for 5 minutes, or until the wine has reduced by about half.
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When the pasta is cooked, drain it. Then add the pasta, asparagus, bacon, and ¼ cup of Parmesan cheese to the saute pan, and toss until combined.
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Sprinkle pasta with the remaining Parmesan cheese and serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 543.76kcal
- Fat: 28.16g
- Saturated Fat: 10.75g
- Trans Fat: 0.08g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.38g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.08g
- Carbohydrates: 44.43g
- Fiber: 1.81g
- Sugar: 2.51g
- Protein: 21.21g
- Cholesterol: 50.06mg
- Sodium: 635.99mg
- Calcium: 237.47mg
- Potassium: 276.68mg
- Iron: 1.20mg
- Vitamin A: 44.71µg
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