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If you are looking for a way to change up your regular weeknight pasta night, then this is a unique option for you!
My old coworker told me about this recipe about 6 years ago, and over the course of those 6 years, I have changed it up a little so my family will love it too.
Most pasta nights involve tomato sauce or an alfredo.
This is a little different by having the sauce be made with Balsamic salad dressing.
It gives it a unique taste that you wouldn’t expect from a pasta dish.
This dish also allows you to add in as many veggies in as you want to add some more volume to this dish.
Balsamic Chicken Bacon Pasta Steps
To start this dish, you can place a medium pot with water, bring it to a boil, add salt and place in pasta. Cook for about 12 minutes. Drain and leave aside.
Then, you can place a large sauté pan on medium-high heat and add bacon.
Once cooked, remove from pan and set aside for later. Use bacon fat to cook the onion and garlic and wait a minute to sauté.
Next, add chicken seasoned with pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder and cook for five minutes or until no visible pink spots.
Add spinach to the pan and let it sweat for one minute. A
dd the flour and butter mixed together, then add the heavy cream.
Let’s thicken up and add the balsamic dressing mixed together.
Next, add the pasta and mix it together until coated, then add cherry tomatoes and the chopped up bacon.
If often for cheese, add now and let melt; otherwise, ready to serve and enjoy!!
Ingredients
You can always use frozen veggies or whatever you have on hand, but this is what we used, and it worked great.
We have:
- 2 Chicken Breast cubed
- 3 Bacon Strips cooked then cut thin
- 2 cups of Pasta
- 1 Large Onion diced
- 1-2 handfuls of Spinach
- 1 cup of Cherry Tomato halved
- 4 garlic Cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon Onion powder
- 1 tablespoon Garlic powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup of Cooking Cream 35% or 18%
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour
- 1/3 bottle of Balsamic Vinaigrette
Balsamic Chicken Bacon Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 Chicken Breast cubed
- 3 Bacon Strips cooked then cut thin
- 2 cups of Pasta
- 1 Large Onion diced
- 1-2 Handfulls of Spinach
- 1 cup of Cherry Tomato halved
- 4 garlic Cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon Onion powder
- 1 tablespoon Garlic powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup of Cooking Cream 35% or 18%
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour
- 1/3 bottle of Balsamic Vinaigrette
Optional:
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Instructions
- Place medium pot with water bring to boil add salt and place in pasta cook for about 12 minutes. Drain and leave aside.
- Place large sauté pan on medium high heat add bacon once cooked removed from pan and set aside for later, use bacon, fat to cook the onion and garlic and wait a minute to sauté next add chicken seasoned with pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and cooked for five minutes or until no visible pink spots.
- Add spinach to pan and let sweat for one minute, add the flour and butter mixed together, then add the heavy cream let’s thicken up and add the balsamic dressing mixed together, next add the pasta and mixed together until coated, then add cherry tomatoes and the chopped up bacon.
- If often for cheese, add now and let melt otherwise ready to serve and enjoy!!