Cheesy Ditalini
Chicken, Spinach and bacon in a creamy sauce over Ditalini Pasta
Ingredients
- ½ lb Bacon cut into ½inch pieces
- 3 cup Spinach chopped
- 1½ lb Ditalini Pasta
- 1½ lb Chicken Breast
- 1 qt Chicken Broth
For the Sauce
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 3 Garlic Cloves minced
- 3 tbsp Flour
- 2 cups Chicken Broth
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Basil
- 2 cup Parmesan Cheese shredded
Instructions
- Prepare all of the ingredients. Start water boiling for pasta
- In a pot over medium heat, add chicken broth and chicken. Cook for 15 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and shred.
- In a frying pan over medium high heat, add bacon. Cook until crispy and remove to paper towel covered plate. Reserve 1 tbsp of bacon grease.
- Add pasta to boiling water and cook as directed on package. Drain in colander.
- In a large sauce pan over medium heat, add butter and reserved bacon. Once melted add garlic and cook for 3 minutes then add flour. Cook for 3 minutes more than whisk in chicken broth. Cook for 3 minutes more and whisk in salt, basil, and heavy cream. Cook for 3 minutes more and add cheese. Once melted add chicken, ¾ of bacon and spinach. Stir to cook at let cook for 3 minutes.
- In a shallow bowl, place a portion of pasta and ladle sauce over top. Sprinkle with remaining bacon.
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