One-Pot Pasta Curls with Bacon and Tomato
The name is deceptive, make this with any meat you have, chicken, pork, or beef. This sounds really good.
Course Lunch, Main Dish
Cuisine American
- 5 slices bacon, sliced into strips
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 250 grams spiral pasta, OR any bite size pasta
- 1 3/4 cups chicken stock
- 1 can whole peeled tomatoes, finely chopped, 565 gram can, retain juice
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- salt, to taste
- fresh parsley, chopped for garnish
- Parmesan cheese, grated, for garnish
In a heavy-bottom pan, brown the bacon in a little olive oil. Once the bacon bits are brown, transfer them into a bowl and set this aside. In the same pan, add the diced onion and cook for 30 seconds. Add the minced garlic and cook a further 30 seconds. Add chicken stock. Use your spatula to gently scrape the bottom of the pan (OR use a non stick pan).
Finely chop the can tomatoes and juice (or use tomato puree) and add into the pan. Bring this to a boil and add the pasta. I used pasta curls but you can use any pasta you like.
Give everything a good stir, reduce the heat and simmer this for about 10-15 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked. The sauce would have thickened slightly as well from the starch that was released when the pasta was cooking. If the sauce is too tart, add a little sugar to balance the flavor.
Turn off the heat, season with salt (if needed), chili flakes and freshly ground black pepper. Sprinkle the bacon on the pasta and top with chopped parsley, as well as grated Parmesan before serving.
Minimal costs, easilly under $1 per serving. Now if you want to start adding chicken, pork or beef, yes the costs go up.
Provided by The Domestic Goddess Wannabe and the link to this recipe is here.
Singapore.