A 30-minute delicious dinner that tastes like it came from a fine Italian restaurant--yes please! This recipe comes from our genius Betty Crocker Make It In One cookbook, where every recipe is made in just one pan, so dinner is easy and there's little to clean up. Enjoy!
Carbonara Chicken with Gnocchi
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 5 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 jar (15 oz) Alfredo pasta sauce
- 1 package (16 oz) packaged gnocchi (not refrigerated or frozen)
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 cups packed fresh baby spinach leaves (from 6-oz bag)
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
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Step1In 5-quart Dutch oven or 4-quart saucepan, cook bacon over medium-high heat until crisp. Using slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towel-lined plate; set aside. Reserve 1 tablespoon bacon drippings in pan.
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Step2Add garlic to bacon drippings; cook over medium heat 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in milk, chicken, Alfredo sauce, gnocchi and red pepper flakes. Heat to boiling, stirring frequently; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 3 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until gnocchi is tender.
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Step3Stir in spinach and bacon; cook until spinach is wilted, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
750
Calories
45g
Total Fat
37g
Protein
51g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 750
- Calories from Fat
- 400
- Total Fat
- 45g
- 69%
- Saturated Fat
- 25g
- 124%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 175mg
- 58%
- Sodium
- 1230mg
- 51%
- Potassium
- 490mg
- 14%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 51g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 37g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 70%
- 70%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 35%
- 35%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 3 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 8 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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