Chicken Spaghetti with White Sauce recipe

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Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package spaghetti
4 (5 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, pounded to an even thickness
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 slices bacon
½ (8 ounce) jar sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained and chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 pinch red pepper flakes, or more as needed
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 cups chicken broth
1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Nutrition Info

490.2 calories
carbohydrate: 49.7 g
cholesterol: 74.7 mg
fat: 15.7 g
fiber: 2.8 g
protein: 36.1 g
saturatedFat: 6.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1074.5 mg
sugar: 3.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add spaghetti and a liberal amount of salt to the boiling water and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 minutes. Drain pasta and transfer to a large serving bowl. Reserve 1 cup pasta water.

  2. While pasta is cooking, coat chicken with salt and pepper on both sides.

  3. Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned, about 3 minutes per side. Remove chicken and chop into bite-sized pieces. Set aside.

  4. Add bacon to the same pan and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and cut into small pieces.

  5. Add sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, basil, and red pepper flakes to the bacon fat and cook for 1 minute. Add chicken and bacon and reduce heat to just above a simmer. Stir in milk and cornstarch. Add chicken broth, mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese, stir and simmer until well mixed and cheeses have melted.

  6. Slowly add 1/2 cup pasta water to the sauce, stir and allow the sauce to thicken up to desired consistency, adding more pasta water as needed. Pour sauce over pasta to serve.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This cheesy white sauce is perfect for any pasta but works best with spaghetti or cavatappi. I favor butcher bacon as it's the best bacon on the planet! Kids attacked the leftover pasta and ate the bacon and sun-dried tomatoes before I was able to get a photo!

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