Chicken Carbonara Recipe
It’s been awhile since I had some Italian food and Chicken Carbonara sounded great, and indeed it was. If you are not familiar with chicken carbonara is it basically a type of chicken spaghetti. Pasta noodles, with chicken and bacon in a delicious parmesan sauce. Now does that sound good or what? When I first looked at the recipe I thought it was going to take along time but surprisingly everything went smoothly and I had it on the table pretty quick. The only other thing I added to the recipe was peas, but mushrooms and onions would be a great addition as well. Now the recipe does call for raw eggs in the sauce so what you are going to want to do is mix the sauce in the piping hot noodles right after you drain them. This will kill any bacteria. Serving with garlic bread is a must. Enjoy.
Ingredients:
1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into bit size pieces)
½ lb bacon
12 ounces spaghetti noodles
½ cup parmesan cheese
2 eggs
¼ cup heavy cream
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
¼ cup white wine
¼ cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup frozen peas
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: In a small bowl mix together parmesan cheese, eggs, heavy cream, salt and pepper. In another bowl mix together wine, chicken broth and lemon juice. Set both aside.
Step 2: Bring a pot of water to a boil for cooking the noodles.
Step 3: In a large skillet cook bacon in batches until crispy. Drain on paper towels.
Step 4: Fry chicken pieces in bacon fat until fully cooked. Drain on paper towels.
Step 5: Deglaze the pan with wine mixture scraping up any bits on the bottom of the pan. Cook for about 2-3 minutes. Place noodles in boiling water and cook according to package directions.
Step 6: While noodles are cooking crumble bacon slices into bits and in a large bowl mix chicken, bacon bits, wine glaze mixture, and parmesan/egg mixture. Drain noodles and shake to get rid of any extra water.
Step 7: Add peas and egg mixture to piping hot noodles and mix well.
Yummy!!!
Love noodles. i tried this recipe and its yummy. My kids like it too. thanks for great recipe
italian food equals comfort in my mind, and this is no exception. after all, there’s bacon and cream involved–how could it be bad?
It looks really nice. I wish we had such great pictures at Ready Recipes.
Ooh, that looks wonderful. Except for the peas
Carbonara is one of my favorite pastas. Yours looks really good! I like the use of the chicken and the peas.
That looks wonderful, thanks for sharing your recipe!
Oh yum! Another one to add to my growing list of recipes to try!
You always have such good recipes on you site Thanks for sharing with me. Kim
I just made this tonight for dinner & it was FANTASTIC! It’s so easy, too! Thanks so much for this great recipe! =D
Bobby, I just realized that you have created a way for us to print your recipes without the pictures! Thank you!! I have tried this recipe and loved it! I am in the process of organizing my recipes and I was going to type this one. I didn’t have to!! Again, thanks for your efforts1
I made this for my small group last week (about 15 people, so I doubled the recipe). Most surely is a keeper. The chicken (I used boneless skinless thighs) fried up in the bacon grease — just added more flavor and more flavor. So good. And the blend of cream, eggs and cheeses (asiago, romano and parmesan) added unbelievable creaminess and flavor. I love your website!
Even my picky toddler loves this. I thought frying the chicken in the bacon grease may be too much, but it was really tasty.
OMG, I tried this tonight. It was SOOOO good. I modified the recipe a little. I used turkey bacon insted of real bacon and fried the chicken in extra virgin olive oil. I seasoned the chicken with garlic powder and McCormick’s Saltless Salt Substitute. I also only used 1/4 tsp of salt, and 1/4 cup of parmessan and a 1/4 cup of romano cheese. Then I added mushrooms and grape tomatoes.
Good lord!
Thanks for the recipe!
Amazing!!
I tried this recipe tonight and it’s very easy to follow! It’s great for even the pickiest eatters, thank you for the step-by-step instructions.
On other sites that I’ve seen carbonara recipes, it involves just the yolks of the eggs … For this recipe, am I using the whole egg?
Erika – Yes, the whole egg.
.it’s delicious
I used the mushrooms instead of peas, delicious! I read the comments afterward and I like Shannon’s suggestion of also adding grape tomatoes – will keep that in mind for next time! My husband is enjoying the change in menu – Thanks Bobby