Chicken Carbonara no Pasta

Ingredients

• Chicken thigh

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  907g

• Garlic powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 2g

• Salt

  Table

  0.001 cup or 0.4g

• Peppercorn

  Whole peppercorns, black

  0.02 tbsp or 0.1g

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  600g

• Bacon grease

  Animal fat

  1 tbsp or 13g

• Onions

  Raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 80g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 tsp or 6g

• Heavy whipping cream

  Fluid

  1 cup, whipped or 120g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  1 cup or 240g

• Parmesan cheese

  Low sodium

  ⅓ cup, grated or 33g

• Italian Seasoning

  Shoppers Value

  1 tsp or 4g

• Basil

  Fresh

  1 tbsp, chopped or 3g

• Spinach

  Raw

  200g

Directions

1. Cook your Bacon. Start by preheating your oven or frying pan and get your bacon ready. In this recipe, I prefer to bake the bacon. This allows for extra time prepping without having to monitor a frying pan constantly.
2. Put your bacon grease to good use and add 1 tablespoon to a large skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Prep the Chicken Thighs - cut into bite-sized pieces.
4. Saute the chicken in the skillet and sprinkle the 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder as well as salt and pepper to taste. Continue to saute the chicken until it is thoroughly cooked through. Remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside.
5. In the same skillet add 1/2 cup of chopped onion and saute for a few minutes until they start to become tender. Feel free to use purple/red onions!
6. Time for Minced Garlic. Add in 2 teaspoons minced garlic and saute for another 30 seconds. You should start to smell the aroma from the garlic in about 10 15 seconds. Yummm!
7. Whisk in the heavy whipping cream and the chicken broth, scraping the bits off the bottom of the skillet. All of those bits are loaded with flavor and help layering flavors.
8. Mix in the Parmesan cheese, chopped basil and Italian seasoning. Reminder to stick to organic-based spices whenever possible.
9. Toss in the crumbled bacon, and 2-3 cups of fresh spinach. Cook until the spinach has begun to wilt. I love this part as everything is starting to layer together.
10. Add the chicken back to the skillet, and toss to coat in the sauce. Sprinkle in additional salt and pepper to taste.
11. Simmer for 3-5 minutes longer, plate and serve. A pro tip for elevating creamy recipes like this chicken carbonara is lime juice. Just before the final simmer squeeze one half of a medium-sized lime into the skillet. This helps layer the flavor profile of the dish by adding a touch of acidity, which elevates this recipe to a straight ten.
12. Recipe by: Kim Grabinski (source: https://www.730sagestreet.com/chicken-carbonara-no-pasta/?pp=1)

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