Dad's Chicken Carbonara

[plottman33]

2 lbs chicken tenders or tenderized breasts - halved
1 Tbs Italian Seasoning
1 Tbs minced garlic
1 cup hot water
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbs Lemon Juice

Cut tenders into 1/2 inch pieces, mix all the above ingredients and marinade chicken for 1-2 hours in the frig.

18 ounces of spaghetti or linguine (Used brown rice spaghetti once, AWESOME)
8 Slices of bacon, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
2 shallots chopped
1 garlic clove
1 pint Heavy Cream
1/2 cup parmesan cheese grated
1/2 cup Gruyère cheese grated
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1-2 thinly sliced red peppers
1 Tbs parsley

Directions:
1. Mix together cheese and bread crumbs, and set aside.
2. Start boiling the pasta and start cooking bacon over medium heat until crisp
3. Dump all bacon grease except 1 Tbs. Cook shallot and garlic for a minute, then add cut up chicken tenders.
4. Once tenders no longer pink, add red peppers and cook for 5 minutes
5. Drain remaining bacon grease if any
6. Add heavy cream and slow add mix of cheeses and panko. Heat for 5 minutes
7. Add bacon, warm for 5 minutes more, and sprinkle with some lemon juice.
8. Sprinkle parsley and toss with pasta.

*For the extra cheese topping, you can top with mix of Parmesan and Romano grated cheese

A great recipe; good taste, easy to make, nice ingredients which I'm always thankful to the Lord for providing.

[NarrowRoad]

This sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing it


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[Wally]

Wait ... isn't that auto wax? Carbona?

[Momma D]

Since I always keep chicken tenders in the freezer, this sounds like an amazing dish.
I am going to try baking it, topping with the cheese/panko mixture. It looks like it has enough
moisture to bake....I'll see when I put it together.
BTW, have you tried it baked? If it works out as well as I think it will, this could become a go-to dish!