My Garlic Bacon Pasta

Name: My Garlic Bacon Pasta
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp salt; 2 oz angel hair pasta; 6-8 strips bacon; 1/4 cup olive oil; 6 garlic cloves, minced; Fresh chopped parsley; Grated parmesan cheese

Lauren @LaurenCooks

Claremore, Oklahoma

This Garlic Bacon Pasta Recipe is going to be your go to weeknight meal when you need a quick dinner on the table in just 10 minutes. (Parmesan and parsley are optional but so good!) But make sure to keep the bacon fats as that is where the magic happens. Serve with a side of garlic bread. It's one delicious dinner if you ask me. #myitalian
-->IF YOU DON'T LIKE GARLIC OR DON'T LIKE THAT MUCH, THEN THIS RECIPE ISN'T FOR YOU!

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 people

1 tbspsalt
2 ozangel hair pasta
6-8 stripsbacon
1/4 cupolive oil
6garlic cloves, minced
Fresh chopped parsley
Grated parmesan cheese

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Bring a large pot of water to a boil, then add the salt and cook the pasta until done.
2

Once the pasta is cooked reserve 2 1/2 cups of the pasta cooking water and then drain the pasta.
3

Chop the bacon into smallish dice, add a tablespoon of the olive oil to a frying pan then cook the bacon over medium high for 4-5 minutes until crispy.
4

Once the bacon is crisp, remove it from the pan using a slotted spoon, leaving the oil and bacon grease behind.
5

Reduce the heat under the pan and add the remaining olive oil and the minced garlic. Stir constantly for 2 minutes and as soon as the garlic has softened but not yet colored, add 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water and turn the heat back up.
6

Boil this mixture for a minute then add in the now drained pasta, keeping the frying pan on the heat.
7

Add a further 1/2 cup of pasta water and toss and stir the pasta in the sauce until it is cooked to your liking. You might need to add more pasta water.
8

Once your garlic 'sauce' has coated the pasta, add the cooked bacon and any collected juices back into the pasta then season to taste. (Depending on the saltiness of your bacon you might need salt, add some pepper to.)
9

Garnish with fresh parsley and grated parmesan. Also could add some capers to it.

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Lauren @LaurenCooks

on September 29, 2020 15:22

Claremore, Oklahoma

So if you didn't know this already, we Southerners are pretty set in our ways when it comes to cooking certain dishes.We also don't measure seasonings. We just sprinkle and shake till the spirits of our ancestors whisper "stop my child."☆𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓.Cooking is love made edible.Reasons why I love cooking:1. It's delicious.2. It's fun.3. Healthier living.4. Gets me out of my own head for a little bit and calms my mind.5. Trying new things.6. Making up my own recipes.7. I get to share my recipes with others.8. Making memories.9. It's a continuous learning process.10. Cheaper than eating out.11. It saves the expenses.12. Makes me a happier person.13. Boosts my confidence.14. It's fun to mess with different ingredients.15. Makes me more creative.16. Getting those praises and comments makes it all worth it.17. I'm half Italian and Irish. So yes, cooking is in my blood.18. I'm from the South and I love to cook!▶️𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝.👩‍🍳😁✌➡️𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫!🏈☝️❤