Garlic Bacon Pasta
Garlic Bacon Pasta is comfort food on a plate! Get your twirl on with my al dente spaghetti, soft garlic and chewy bacon.
Servings: 4
Calories:
Equipment
- Knife
- Chopping board
- Sauce pan
- Fry pan
- Colander
- Flat utsensil
- Kitchen Tongs
Ingredients
- 500 grams dried pasta Note 1
- 600 grams diced bacon Note 2
- 10 cloves garlic skin peeled, end cut off
- 1 tbs red chilli flakes reduce this amount to ½ teaspoon or 1 teaspoon if not a chilli fan
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt Note 3
- parmesan cheese
- parsley
- cracked pepper
Instructions
- Use a knife and chopping board to thinly slice the garlic into pieces
- Cook the spaghetti in a large pot of boiling, salted water according to packet instructions
- Add bacon, sliced garlic, chilli flakes and olive oil to a large fry pan. cook for 10 minutes at a medium heat, stirring as you go
- Drain pasta, reserving ½ cup of pasta water
- Add cooked pasta to bacon garlic mix and use tongs to stir and combine
- Plate and garnish with parmesan cheese, cracked pepper and parsley
Notes
- Note 1 I find this recipe works best with a long pasta that you can twirl. So I recommend spaghetti, fettucine or linguine. You can, however, use your favourite pasta!
- Note 2 This recipe is fuss free and simple. To make it even easier, use store bought pre diced bacon that you can simply add in, no chopping required.
- Note 3 We cook the pasta in boiling salted water. So add the salt to the water before it begins to heat.