One Pot Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Sugar Snap Peas and Pasta
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
 
Fun, kid-friendly veggies, pasta, and savory meats combine to create a simply amazing and easy one-pot dish that the whole family will love!
Ingredients
  • 4 small boneless chicken breasts (about 1¼ lbs)
  • 12 slices uncured bacon (thinly sliced is best)
  • toothpicks (about 12)
  • 8 oz pre-cooked Strozzapreti, Campanelle or other short 100% durum wheat semolina pasta with lots of nooks for holding yummy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp finely chopped white onion
  • 1 clove minced garlic
  • ¾ lb sugar snap peas
  • ½ C white wine or chicken broth
  • ¾ C heavy cream
  • 2 tsp dijon mustard
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp salt or to taste
  • garnish with freshly grated parmesan
Instructions
  1. Wrap each chicken breast in 3 slices of bacon, and secure with toothpicks. On the stove top, brown the bacon-wrapped chicken for about 5 minutes on each side over medium-high heat. Bake in a 400º F oven for 20 minutes. Once cooked, remove the chicken from the pan and set aside on a plate covered with aluminum foil.
  2. While the chicken is in the oven, cook your pasta per package instructions. I recommend going for the al dente cook time listed on the box. Also, chop the white onions, grate the parmesan, and de-string your sugar snap peas by snapping the top towards the side where the peas attach to the pod and pulling the stem towards yourself so that the string is pulled off.
  3. Cook the white onions over medium-high heat for 3 minutes, add the sugar snap peas and cook for an additional 2 minutes, then finally add the minced garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the white wine or chicken broth along with the heavy cream, dijon, and pepper to the pan. Salt to taste. Bring to just below a simmer and then stir in the pre-cooked pasta. Be sure to not let the sauce get too hot so that the heavy cream doesn’t curdle. Reheat and then remove from the heat. Add the chicken, turning it to coat it in the sauce. Garnish with freshly-grated parmesan and serve immediately.
Recipe by Simple as That at https://simpleasthatblog.com/one-pot-bacon-wrapped-chicken-with-sugar-snap-peas-and-pasta/