BBQ Chicken & Bacon Pasta
Delicious BBQ style pasta with chicken and bacon. Italians look away now.
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Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 200 g Penne pasta
- 150 g Bacon lardons
- 1 Chicken breast cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 Red onion diced
- 3 Cloves of garlic chopped
- 400 g Tin if chopped tomatoes
- 5 tbsp BBQ sauce
- 20 g Parsley chopped
To serve:
- Parmesan or cheddar
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in salted boiling water for 2 minutes less than the packet states.
- Meanwhile, heat a tbsp of cooking oil in a large frying pan over a medium to high heat. Add the bacon and cook until it starts to turn crispy.
- Add the chicken, and cook, stirring occasionally until the chicken has no more pink bits.
- Chuck in the red onion, and garlic and cook for a further minute.
- Add in the tin of chopped tomatoes and the BBQ sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook for a few minutes.
- Drain the pasta but keep back some of the pasta water. Add the pasta to the sauce and stir well. If it’s too dry, then add a bit of pasta water to loosen it up.
- Sprinkle in the parsley and stir well. Taste for seasoning.
- Dish it up and finish with some grated cheese. Enjoy.