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 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Easy Pasta Carbonara
- You need 1 box of Noodles (I only had shells).
- You need 1 of Ham.
- It's 1/2 of Onion.
- You need 1 can of 12 oz Evaporated Milk.
- Prepare 1 box of Frozen Peas.
- You need 32 oz of Chicken Broth.
- You need 4 oz of Cream Cheese.
- You need 1 oz of Parmesan Cheese.
- It's 1 tsp of Butter.
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 instructions
- Start by melting butter in a large pan and add chipped onion..
- Then add chopped ham and a red pepper flakes! (Guilty of my ham being left over from Easter🐰).
- Add pasta, stock, and evaporated milk all at once.. Simmer about 15 minutes..
- One the liquid is lower and the pasta is getting done add the peas.
- Once you mix the peas in add the cream cheese..
- Add the parm cheese last and stir through..
- Voila! The quickest most delicious pasta 🙌.
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.