Simple Homemade Chicken Bacon Alfredo Pasta Dish
Make our Homemade Chicken Bacon Alfredo Pasta Dish for a simple weeknight meal. Make it even quicker by using pre-cooked roasted chicken!
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Onion, diced
- 2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
- 1 lb Chicken, Roasted or Rotisserie
- ½ cup Real Bacon Bits or Chopped and Cooked Bacon
- 12 oz Pasta
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1 cup Pasta Water, Reserved
- 1 cup Parmesan Cheese, shredded or grated
- ½ to 1 Tbsp Italian Seasoning
- ¼ tsp Pepper
- ½ tsp Salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Cook/boil your pasta of choice to your desired doneness.
- Reserve 1 cup of pasta water before draining.
- Saute onion in your skillet or sauce pan over medium heat in the butter until it is translucent and begins to brown.
- Add your minced garlic, chicken and bacon bits. Stir around for a minute or so until both are warm and fragrant.
- Add the heavy cream to your pan and turn your heat to medium to low.
- Add in all of the seasonings aside from salt and keep stirring your heavy cream in the pan until it begins to bubble.
- Once the heavy cream has just began to bubble for a minute or so, add in your pasta water and bring back to a simmer.
- Add in the parmesan cheese once the sauce comes back to a simmer. Stir until cheese is melted and combined.
- Do a taste test to see how much salt you need. Salt to taste, bring to a simmer, then remove from heat.
- Add the cooked and drained pasta into the saucepan and combine thoroughly to coat all of the noodles with sauce.
- Serve and enjoy!