Home
Recipes
Carbonara with chicken

Carbonara with chicken and pancetta on a plate with fork

Carbonara with chicken

Name: Carbonara with chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pack spaghetti; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 garlic clove halved; 77g pack pancetta; 1 chicken breast cut into strips; 2 eggs; 100g Grana Padano finely grated, plus extra to serve (wrap the rest tightly and it will keep for several weeks); 1 tbsp butter

Lulu Grimes

Save recipe

Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 15 mins - 20 mins

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.94 ratingsRate

loading...

Serve this pasta crowd-pleaser with a fresh green salad for a hearty dinner. Our indulgent chicken carbonara uses eggs and butter to create a rich sauce

Nut-free

Skip to ingredients

Alternatives

Complete the dish

Showing items 1 to 3 of 3

Garlic croissant knots

A star rating of 5 out of 5.3 ratings

Cheesy garlic bread wedges

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.21 ratings

Green salad with olive dressing

A star rating of 4.9 out of 5.12 ratings

Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

MetricUS

1 pack spaghetti
1 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove

halved
77g pack pancetta
1 chicken breast

cut into strips
2 eggs
100g Grana Padano

finely grated, plus extra to serve (wrap the rest tightly and it will keep for several weeks)
1 tbsp butter

Keep the screen awake with cook mode on the Good Food app.

Nutrition: per serving

kcal758
fat24g
saturates11g
carbs93g
sugars3g

low
fibre5g
protein40g
salt1.2g

Method

step 1

Cook the spaghetti following pack instructions. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the garlic and pancetta until crisp, then add the chicken strips and fry briefly until they're just cooked through. Fish out the garlic clove and discard it. Beat the eggs with the grana padano and some black pepper.
step 2

Add a couple of tablespoons of pasta water to the pancetta pan along with the butter, then drain the pasta and add it to the pan. Pour in the egg mixture, take the pan off the heat and toss together so the egg cooks in the heat of the pasta. Divide between four warm bowls and top with more cheese, if you like.

RECIPE TIPS

PORTIONS

A pack of spaghetti is 500g, but this is too much for four portions, so measure about 75g per adult, and less for children depending on how old they are. Serve with a green salad.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2019

Comments, questions and tips

Rate this recipe

What is your star rating out of 5?1 star out of 52 stars out of 53 stars out of 54 stars out of 55 stars out of 5

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

CommentQuestionTip

Overall rating

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.94 ratings

Get 3 months of Good Food All Access

Get 3 months of Good Food All Access for just £6. Find triple-tested recipes that take the stress out of deciding what to cook, spend less time planning, and more time enjoying the season.

Subscribe now