BLT….bacon, linguine and tomato! Don’t t flavors just sound delicious? Plus, the entire dish can be made in one pot! That sealed the deal for me since I hate, hate, hate to do dishes!
One Pot BLT Pasta
Compliments of It’s a Keeper
www.everydaytastes.com
12 slices of bacon, divided
4 cups chicken broth
2-14.5 oz cans diced tomatoes
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
12 oz uncooked linguine pasta
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup loosely packed fresh parsley, chopped
4 oz cream cheese
1 oz Parmesan cheese, grated
Halved cherry or grape tomatoes
Slice the bacon cross wise into strips. Cook in a large skillet with high sides for 8-9 minutes, or until crisp. Remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Drain skillet, leaving 1 tbsp of bacon drippings in the skillet.
Add onion and red pepper flakes to the skillet. Saute for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic and cook for 10-20 seconds more. Add broth and tomatoes to the skillet and bring to a simmer. Add pasta, salt and half of the cooked bacon. Simmer, covered for 9-10 minutes or until pasta is almost cooked by still firm. Stir occasionally.
Remove skillet from heat and add cubed cream cheese, tomatoes and parsley, reserving 1 tbsp of parsley for garnish. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes or until pasta is tender and sauce is thickened. Serve with remaining bacon, grated Parmesan cheese and reserved parsley.
Is it a Keeper?
This was FANTASTIC! I will definitely be making this again (and again and again)! I used whole grain pasta — which I like much better than regular pasta because it’s heartier. There is so much flavor and the cream cheese makes the sauce very creamy and rich. I can’t wait to make this again with tomatoes from my garden!
Even my husband, who’s been sick with a summer cold and can’t taste or smell anything, was raving! I guess the crushed red pepper and garlic flavors powered through! I think the leftovers are going to be quite tasty too! I’ll know for sure tomorrow when I have it for lunch. Yum! Yum! Yum!
Oh and I loved that there was only one pot to clean. One pot, one cutting board, one knife and one measuring cup. That’s it. Not a sink full of dirty dishes. I’m sure my sick husband really appreciated that since he was the one that ended up doing the dishes. He knows how much I hate to do them! I’m a pretty lucky lady, aren’t I? He even does laundry too!
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This looks like an awesome recipe, that my family will love. Thank you for sharing and you have a great week!
This looks delicious! I’m printing it out and am going to make it for dinner tomorrow evening. Thanks!
Great job I would love it if you linked up with me.
This looks delicious! I’m also a fan of anything that leaves very little clean up.
YUM! We love pasta…we love blt’s….I bet we will love this. Thanks for sharing. Found you at TNSC.
Wendy
Around My Family Table
Yum! This sounds really great! Thanks for sharing.
I love when I can find a 1-pot meal. Makes my life so much easier! This is something I can see our family eating at least once a week (and my husband asking for it every night!)
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Thanks for providing the link, Krystal! I’ll be sure to stop by on Saturday!
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I’m sitting here….my imagination running wild….with the flavors you’ve got going in that awesome pasta dish!! Wow! Thanks for sharing with the Hearth and Soul hop.
Can’t go wrong with Bacon!!
YUM!
Such a great idea, everyone loves blt’s, after all. I love the trick of adding the cream cheese for richness. I learned to do that in a soup recently, and it rocked my world. Thanks for sharing this winning combo with the Hearth and Soul hop.
How can you go wrong with the trio of BLT? Sounds great and love the cream cheese part as well.
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mmm… bacon. Wish I could eat you every day. We don’t like to microwave things – wouldn’t it work to just add the broth in cold after sauteing the onions and stuff and just bring it to a boil or a simmer in the pot? I’ll try that, because this just sounds too delicious to pass up. Although I can’t eat cream cheese so I’ll have to think of a replacement for that…
Kelsey — You can definitely heat the liquid on the stove! You might want to try replacing the cream cheese with ricotta or even mascarpone. Just some suggestions for you. Hope you like it!
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Ever since my dishwasher went on strike I loathe dishes myself! So I’m digging the 1 pot wonders…this looks delish!!!
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Happy Holidays
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Thanks, Mari! I’ll be sure to stop by tomorrow and post something! Thanks for letting me know!
Hello, what’s that you say? BLT? One pot? Ok, you have my heart, go on and take it, you can treat me wrong and I still may love you forever. Translation: will be making this soon!
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this looks so yummy….anything with bacon gets my vote
thank you for sharing with tueday night supper club. this is a great weekday option!
Looks good to me…
I was just at a Pampered Chef show last Sunday, good stuff!!
Thanks for sharing..
Happy Holiday
Michele
I am SO making this!
It’s really as good as it looks/sounds!!!! Enjoy!
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Oh yummy! That looks delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe and linking up!
This sounds delicious. I am going to have to save this to make for my bacon loving husband
I think I’ll try making it with turkey bacon and see how that goes.
Katie — definitely let me know how it turns out! I’d love to try to make this dish a little bit healthier!
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A friday’s favorite for sure!
I am a fan of whole wheat pasta too… this looks like the perfect go to dinner!
That sounds crazy good! That would be a nice quick mid-holiday madness meal. Thanks for sharing!
i love pasta, any pasta it’s my favorite, perfect
Noobfoodie
I’m definitely adding this to my “To Try” recipe ideas. It sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing.
CAS
This looks delicious…….a keeper for me. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
WOW. Looks UH.MAZE.ING. I just stumbled this recipe so I can come back to it when I have some bacon!
looks delish i am going to have to try this!
YUM!!!! I love Pampered Chef recipes – I don’t think I’ve ever encountered one which I didn’t like, but THIS looks like something in another world entirely. I neeeeed to make this, my husband would flip for it! (me too!)
Thanks so much for sharing @ Foodie Friday!
This sounds so yummy! My hubby and I are having a Dinner Date at home tomorrow night and this would be perfect. Good timing!
Thanks so much for linking it up to Inspiration Friday this week and have a very Merry Christmas!
Vanessa
Vanessa, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Have a great date!
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Everything’s better with bacon. Looks like great comfort food.
Sounds yummy! And I love your blog hop list – I will have to check out some of those sites!
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Commented above, but wanted to say thanks for linking up at Tip Day Thursday. Link up anytime.
Wendy
Around My Family Table
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I’ve found another recipe here on your blog that I must try!
This looks like it may become one of my new favorites…pasta, bacon, tomatoes, and cream cheese…YUM!
Thank you
Amber
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