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Chicken, Leek, Mushroom and Bacon Fettuccine

Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Author emma

Ingredients

  • 400 g chicken breast
  • 150 g streaky bacon
  • 100 g mushrooms
  • 1 leek
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 100 g cream cheese
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1 tbsp Italian Stallion
  • 50 g parmesan
  • Man Grind
  • 250 g fettuccine

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and cook fettuccine

  2. Cut bacon into small strips and finely slice leek. Saute in butter over a medium high heat for 5 minutes

  3. Slice mushrooms and dice chicken breast. Add to the leeks and bacon with Italian Stallion

  4. Add cream cheese and cream

  5. Simmer over a medium low heat for 5 minutes, season well with Man Grind. if you have cracked black pepper a good grind of that is a delicious addition.

  6. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water before draining 

  7. Add the drained pasta to the sauce and toss through, add about half the reserved pasta water to the pan. This helps to make the sauce velvety and nicely emulsified 

  8. Add a good amount of grated parmesan, about 50g. Toss everything together. Allow to sit for a 2-3 minutes before serving.

Recipe Notes

For a gluten free option use GF Pasta.

For a keto option, omit the step about pasta water and add Zoodles to the creamy sauce and serve