
How To Make Chicken Bacon Pasta
This bacon pasta is creamy, savory, and delicious. It’s served with sliced chicken breasts seasoned with sage, paprika, black pepper, and more.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4chicken breasts,boneless skinless
For Chicken Dry Herb Rub:
- 1½tbspkosher salt
- 1tbspgarlic powder
- 1tbsponion powder
- 1tspblack pepper
- 1tspground ginger
- 1tspsage
- 1tsppaprika
- 1tspsugar
For Sauce:
- ¾cupheavy whipping cream
- 4ozcream cheese,softened
- ½cupparmesan cheese,grated
- 1tspgarlic powder
- ¼tspred pepper flakes
- ¼tspground black pepper
- ¼tspsalt
- ½lbbacon,cooked and crumbled
- ½lbpenne pasta
Instructions
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Combine dry chicken rub ingredients and rub on each side of the chicken breasts. Grill chicken about 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until no longer pink.
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Cook the penne pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain and rinse the pasta in hot water.
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In a medium sauce pan cook the heavy cream and cream cheese together until smooth and cream cheese has melted. Add garlic powder, red pepper flakes, pepper, and salt.
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Lastly, whisk in the parmesan cheese. Continue to cook over medium heat until heated throughout. Add the crumbled bacon.
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Lastly, add the hot rinsed pasta to the sauce, stirring to coat well. Cut the grilled chicken in pieces and serve over the pasta. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 1097.95kcal
- Fat:Â 70.73g
- Saturated Fat:Â 31.22g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.26g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 25.28g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 8.60g
- Carbohydrates:Â 52.43g
- Fiber:Â 3.13g
- Sugar:Â 5.74g
- Protein:Â 61.07g
- Cholesterol:Â 253.74mg
- Sodium:Â 901.23mg
- Calcium:Â 336.65mg
- Potassium:Â 805.02mg
- Iron:Â 3.26mg
- Vitamin A: 390.65µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.95mg
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