Pasta with Bacon
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 lb dried spaghetti or pasta of your choice
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- ⅓ lb bacon
- i medium onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
Instructions
- Prepare pasta. Cook 1 lb pasta according to package directions. While the pasta cooks, continue to the next step. Make sure to reserve ½ cup of the pasta cooking water to use in step 4.
- Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a skillet large enough to hold all of your pasta. Add bacon and saute until most of the fat has rendered out.
- Add onions to skillet and saute until soft, adjusting the heat as necessary to not burn onions (or yourself).
- Place minced garlic in the skillet and saute until fragrant, and then quickly add ¼ cup of hot pasta water (this will make your sauce starchy and prevent your garlic from burning).
- Drain pasta and add directly into the skillet with bacon, onions, and garlic. Stir to coat. If needed, add more pasta water. Serve immediately.