Recipe: Tasty Easy Pasta Carbonara

Easy Pasta Carbonara. Spaghetti Pasta Carbonara—indulgent and delicious, yet so easy! Learn how to make carbonara sauce with bacon or pancetta and loads of parmesan. Your pasta water should taste like the ocean.

I have always thought carbonara was labour intensive but boy was I wrong! This Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe is so rich and decadent yet so incredibly easy to make! Pasta is tossed in a delicious and easy parmesan sauce with savory pancetta. You can cook Easy Pasta Carbonara using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Easy Pasta Carbonara

1. It's 1/2 of of a 12 Oz pkg of uncooked turkey bacon.
2. It's 1 of small to medium onion.
3. It's 4 of garlic cloves.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes (optional).
5. Prepare 1 pkg (14.5 Oz) of bow tie pasta.
6. Prepare 1 carton (32 Oz) of unsalted chicken stock.
7. Prepare 1 can (12 Oz) of fat free evaporated milk.
8. Prepare 1 Oz of fresh parmesan cheese.
9. Prepare 4 Oz of reduced fat cream cheese softened.
10. You need 1 1/2 cup of frozen peas thawed.

The heat from the pasta cooks. We are making Carbonara with thick sliced bacon. This classic carbonara sauce can be served with your favorite pasta. Making pasta Carbonara is surprisingly easy and quick and it's a perfect dish to throw together anytime.

Easy Pasta Carbonara step by step

1. Stack bacon and cut in half lengthwise. Then cut cross wise into 1 inch pieces..
2. Cook bacon in a 12 inch skillet over medium heat 4 to 5 minutes or until browned. While this cooks finely chop your onion and garlic..
3. Add onion, garlic chopped fine or pressed, and optional pepper flakes to skillet. Cook another 3-4 minutes or until onion is tender..
4. Add stock, evaporated milk, and pasta then stir together. Cover and bring to a simmer. Simmer 12-14 minutes or until pasta is still a little firm. Stir occasionally.
5. Remove skillet from heat and stir in cream cheese, grated parmesan and thawed peas.
6. Let stand, covered for 5 minutes or until sauce is thick and creamy..

It's easy to see why pasta Carbonara became a staple of Italian tradition! Pasta carbonara is one of those simple dinners we should all know how to make. Pasta water is saved for this Carbonara Pasta because the extra starch in the water from the cooking process helps to create a creamier sauce. This makes it easy to create a thick, rich sauce without. Spaghetti Carbonara is fast and easy dinner with just a few ingredients and a luxuriously creamy sauce.