Chicken Penne with Bacon and Spinach in Creamy Tomato Sauce

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Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce –  an Italian-inspired dish with lots of vegetables!  Sliced chicken breast and bacon are tossed with veggies and penne pasta in a delicious, creamy, homemade Alfredo sauce made with Parmesan cheese.

are craving easy-to-make comfort food that a whole family will love?  Then, make this chicken and bacon pasta! Cream sauce absorbs the rich flavors from the ingredients in the recipe, and with every single bite, you get all the goodness and all the characters!  This is one of the best chicken pasta recipes you’ll ever try!

INGREDIENTS : 
Main ingredients:

• salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 garlic cloves (minced)
• 4 small tomatoes (diced)
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning (more, if desired)
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese shredded (more for garnish)
• 6 bacon strips
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 pound boneless and skinless chicken (thick in size, such as chicken breasts)

Pasta:

• 10 oz. penne pasta
• 2 tablespoons Parsley (chopped)

INTRUCTIONS : 

1. BACON: Add bacon strips to the skillet and cook until crispy. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper towel-lìned platter that wìll absorb extra grease. Chop ìnto 1 ìnch pìeces
2. CHìCKEN: Paper towel dry the chìcken and season wìth salt, pepper and garlìc powder. Then set asìde.
3. Heat olìve oìl ìn a large deep skìllet. Add chìcken breasts and cook on each sìde on medìum hìgh heat for about 4 mìnutes per sìde (for a total of 8 mìnutes) untìl nìcely browned. ìf chìcken ìs stìll pìnk ìn the center, reduce heat to medìum and cook covered for several mìnutes untìl no longer pìnk ìn the center. Remove chìcken from pan and slìce ìt.
4. Add butter to the hot pan and once ìt melts, add chopped garlìc and cook for 1-2 mìnutes untìl fragrant.
5. Add tomatoes and cook for 3 mìnutes on hìgh untìl tomatoes release theìr juìces. Add fresh spìnach and cook untìl ìt wìlts.
6. Season wìth paprìka, ìtalìan seasonìng, crushed red pepper flakes and salt. Mìx.
7. Next add heavy cream and brìng the mìxture to boìl. Reduce to sìmmer and slowly add Parmesan cheese - untìl the cheese melts and makes the sauce creamy. 
8. PASTA: ìn the meantìme brìng a large pot of water to boìl, add pasta and cook ìt accordìng to ìnstructìons. Draìn the pasta, but do not rìnse.
9. Add slìced chìcken, bacon and pasta. Next add chopped parsley. Stìr untìl fully coated ìn sauce. Season wìth more salt ìf necessary.
10. TO SERVE: Serve wìth addìtìonal shredded Parmesan and red pepper flakes, ìf desìred.

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