Bacon, Mushroom, Chicken Pasta
Description
Need a great meal in a short time? Use rotisserie chicken to prepare this great dish and make dinner with not much fuss.
Ingredients
1 box rigatoni pasta or your choice
3 slices bacon, cooked and chopped
1/2 yellow onion finely chopped
3 T. garlic, minced
1 chicken bouillon cube
1 c. half and half
1 c. ricotta cheese
1 pkg. fresh sliced baby bella mushrooms (about 4 cups)
2 c. diced cooked chicken leftover rotisserie chicken works great)
1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese
salt, pepper, dried thyme, dried Italian herbs, to taste
about 1/2 c.reserved cooking water, from pasta
sliced green onion to garnish, if desired
Directions
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Fry bacon in a large skillet.
Drain on a paper towel to drain. Add chopped onion and garlic to the bacon grease, cook to sweat.
While they are sweating, get a pot of salted water and boil water for pasta. Add pasta to the boiling water; cook per box instructions.
When onions and garlic have softened, add in mushrooms; season with thyme, salt and pepper, to taste.
When mushrooms have softened a little, add ricotta cheese, half and half, and the bouillon cube; stir together.
If sauce is too thick, ladle in some of the pasta cooking water to thin it out a little before draining the pasta.
Add cooked pasta, chicken, and bacon to the sauce; toss together Parmesan and italian herbs.
Garnish with green onions or fresh parsley. Serve hot.