Chicken and Bacon Pasta with creamy Cilantro-Lime Sauce Recipe

Creamy cilantro lime spaghetti with chicken and bacon - refreshing recipe that uses fresh ingredients, such as fresh cilantro and freshly squeezed lime juice.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword cilantro lime chicken, cilantro lime pasta

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 801kcal

Author Julia

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 lb chicken breast , sliced
salt and pepper
3 garlic cloves , minced
2 tablespoons lime juice freshly squeezed, use less if bottled juice
¼ cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon cilantro fresh, chopped
⅔ cups heavy cream
⅔ cups milk
½ cup Parmesan cheese shredded
8 oz spaghetti (use gluten free brown rice spaghetti for gluten free version)
¼ cup reserved cooked pasta water
1 teaspoon fresh cilantro chopped
8 strips bacon , cooked, drained of fat, and chopped

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-hot heat. Generously season sliced chicken with salt and pepper, add to the hot skillet and cook for about 5 minutes until done. Remove sliced chicken from the skillet.
To the same skillet, add minced garlic, lime juice and chicken broth. Cook for 1-2 minutes on high heat, deglazing and scraping the skillet until the liquid is reduced and making sure garlic does not burn and brown too much. Mix in chopped cilantro.
Add heavy cream and milk. Bring to boil, the immediately add cheese and mix in until melted, while boiling. Then, remove from heat.
Cook pasta according to package instructions, drain, reserving some cooked pasta water.
Add pasta to the sauce, along with the half of the chicken and half of chopped bacon. Mix everything in and season pasta with more salt, if needed.
Top with the remaining half of the chicken, the remaining half of chopped bacon, and more chopped cilantro.

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