Chicken Carbonara

Chicken Carbonara

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 6 serves
Course: Main Course
Calories: 661
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 750 grams chicken breast sliced into even strips
  • 100 grams bacon pieces
  • 300 grams mushrooms sliced
  • 400 ml cream
  • 50 g butter
  • 1 small Onion diced
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed or sliced
  • 1/2 cup white wine optional
  • 1/2 tsp rock salt to taste
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

Method
 

  1. Turn on the frypan and melt the butter. Add 2 cloves of garlic and sauté for 2 minutes. Slice the chicken into thinner pieces then fry in the frypan until cooked though. Set aside.
  2. In the same pan, melt the rest of the butter and then sauté the onion, garlic and mushroom in the butter.
  3. Pour in a the wine and allow the alcohol to burn off (optional)
  4. Add the bacon pieces, mushrooms and the cream
  5. Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer for 15-20 minutes
  6. Place the chicken on a individual plates and cover with the carbonara mix

Nutrition

Calories: 661kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 46gFat: 48gSaturated Fat: 25gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 232mgSodium: 1100mgPotassium: 647mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1350IUVitamin C: 4.1mgCalcium: 80mgIron: 2mg

Notes

Serve with seasonal vegetables or creamy cauliflower mash.
For extra veggies in the diet you can add peas, corn and beans etc.
You can also put a raw egg yolk as a garnish when you serve (make sure you don’t serve the egg white)
You can also add the cooked chicken back to the carbonara mix rather than serve it on the plate first.

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