My Trim Healthy Mama Chicken Carbonara Recipe has an unexpected protein hidden in it, low-fat cottage cheese. If you have any leftovers, you can heat them up in the microwave with a little bit of added water.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Chicken, pasta, trim healthy mama
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Calories 464kcal
Ingredients
13.25oz. boxangel hair pastaor spaghetti (reserve pasta water if desired)
½lb.bacon
34 oz.boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into strips
1tsp. onion powderor ¼ c. sauteed onions
1 clovegarlicminced
1c. low-fat cottage cheese
1tsp.basil, driedor 1 tbsp. fresh
¼c.parmesan, cheesegrated
salt & pepperto taste
Instructions
In a large frying pan, cook the cut-up bacon. When crispy, remove the bacon but leave the drippings in the pan.
In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and cook the pasta according to the package directions.
Meanwhile, place the chicken in the same hot frying pan in which you cooked the bacon (that still has the grease).
While the chicken is frying, sprinkle it with the onion powder (or add diced onions to the pan), basil, salt, & pepper. Add the minced garlic to the pan when the chicken is almost finished frying.
Once the chicken is thoroughly cooked, lower the burner temperature and remove the chicken to a plate.
By this time, the pasta should be done cooking so drain the water and add the pasta to the large frying pan that is full of all sorts of fried yumminess (the pasta picks up the flavors so this step is important).
Stir the cottage cheese and previously fried bacon into the HOT pasta and mix well to incorporate.
If you'd like some more sauce, you can add a bit of pasta water back to your melted cottage cheese pasta mixture.
You can mix the chicken directly into the pasta (we do) or serve the chicken on top of your bed of carbonara.
Sprinkle with real parmesan cheese, more fresh basil, and salt and pepper to taste.