How To Make Creamy Chicken Carbonara
If you are looking for ideas to make your chicken carbonara extra creamy, you have come to the right place. This dish requires a few ingredients as well.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 375gpack fresh pasta e parpadelle or fettuccini
- 250gshort cut bacon cut into strips
- 700gchicken breastcut into thick 2-inch strips
- 1onionfinely chopped
- 3clovesfresh garlic crushed or minced
- 250gfat free cream cheese
- 2large eggs
- 1/4cupgrated parmesan cheese
- 1cupreserved pasta water
Instructions
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Cook pasta following packet instructions for about 8 minutes, or until al dente. Drain pasta and return to the pot.
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While pasta is boiling, whisk cream cheese and eggs together in a large bowl until smooth and lump-free. Add the parmesan and set aside.
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Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onions and bacon.
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Fry until bacon is crisp. Add the garlic and chicken, and cook until chicken is cooked through.
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Reduce heat and pour cream cheese and egg mixture into the pan while stirring quickly and gently to distribute evenly throughout the chicken.
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Continue to stir gently for a further minute while adding the reserved water until the sauce has cooked and thickened.
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Add the sauce into the pot of pasta, and toss gently until pasta is evenly coated.
Nutrition
- Calories: 656.86kcal
- Fat: 32.40g
- Saturated Fat: 10.66g
- Trans Fat: 0.18g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.07g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.95g
- Carbohydrates: 40.69g
- Fiber: 0.39g
- Sugar: 3.71g
- Protein: 47.82g
- Cholesterol: 219.01mg
- Sodium: 769.68mg
- Calcium: 261.93mg
- Potassium: 632.01mg
- Iron: 3.62mg
- Vitamin A: 85.41µg
- Vitamin C: 2.01mg
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