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chicken and bacon carbonara

Low-fat Carbonara with chicken and bacon unofficial Slimming World recipe

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  • Author: JustAverageJen
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 26 Minutes
  • Total Time: 31 minutes
  • Yield: 6 Portions 1x
  • Category: Main meal
  • Method: Hob
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Diet: Low Calorie

Description

A delicious family meal with sneaky hidden vegetables and full of flavour but a great healthy carbonara 


Ingredients

Scale

350g Pasta shapes

8 rashers of bacon trimmed of all visible fat and then cut into small pieces

300g chicken breast pieces

300g Mushrooms (quartered)

2 large onions (finely diced)

300ml chicken stock

3 cloves of garlic (crushed)

2 x 150g tube of Primula light

80g Reduced-fat cheddar cheese (grated)


Instructions

Cook pasta in a large saucepan according to packet instructions.

Meanwhile using a large frying pan fry chicken pieces over medium heat for 10 minutes stirring to stop sticking.

Add stock, garlic, bacon and onion and cook for a further 10 minutes.

Add mushrooms and cook for another 4 minutes then add cheese and Primula. At this point you may like to season well as the dish benefits from a good amount of black pepper. Of course, this is down to personal taste though.

Stir to combine and cook for a further 2 minutes then add in the strained cooked pasta, stir through the sauce and serve.


Notes

This makes quite a runny sauce, if you prefer a thicker sauce simply add a tablespoon of cornflour 5 minutes before the end of cooking. This has not been included in the nutritional information mentioned in this recipe, however.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 large portion
  • Calories: 499
  • Sugar: 7.6 g
  • Sodium: 212.8 mg
  • Fat: 12.8 g
  • Saturated Fat: 6.3 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.1 g
  • Carbohydrates: 56 g
  • Protein: 47.5 g