One Pot Bacon and Pea Bow Ties

October 18, 2018 Jordan entrees, Recipe 16

The farther I go through life, the more I value the one-pot wonder. Don’t get me wrong, I love to take my time and cook elaborate meals for my family and friends – but I also firmly reside in a reality that makes those meals infrequent. For all the ordinary everyday busyness I appreciate a meal that can be cooked without using all my pots and pans at one time, and this recipe fits the bill. These One Pot Bacon and Pea Bow Ties are very straightforward and require only one dish (aside from your plates, but if you want to go the paper route and throw them away after dinner for even less time slaving over a dishwasher I’m all for it).

The instructions are basically to fry some bacon in the bottom of a soup pot, remove the bacon and throw in everything else, and then add that crispy bacon back in with some cheese after the noodles are cooked. I don’t see how it could get much simpler. And I also want to toot my own horn for a second so that you recognize that I had to do a lot of thinking and experimenting to get this recipe down to one pot. Those first few attempts were not awesome, but it was well worth it. You can thank me later.

Want more one pot pasta recipes? Try Broccoli Cheddar Rotini or Lemon Spinach Penne

One Pot Bacon and Pea Bow Ties

I call this portrait ‘Crispy Bacon on Plate’. It is my masterpiece.

One Pot Bacon and Pea Bow Ties

One Pot Bacon and Pea Bow Ties

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Bacon and Pea Bow Ties
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Keyword: bacon, one pot, pasta
Ingredients
  • 4 strips of bacon
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 cups bow tie pasta
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • Dash of black pepper
  • 1/3 cup shredded parmesan
Instructions

  1. Heat a soup pot over medium heat and cook bacon until crispy, about 5-7 minutes, turning once halfway through. In the meantime, mince garlic. When bacon is crisp, remove from pot and set aside. Remove pot from heat and sauté the garlic in the bacon grease for about one minute, then carefully add the milk and water. Bring to a boil and add the pasta, peas, salt, and pepper. 

  2. Cook until pasta is done, about 12-15 minutes. Stir frequently towards the end of the cooking time so that the pasta doesn't stick as the liquid boils down. You'll know it's done when the pasta is soft and the liquid is pretty much gone. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and bacon (crumbled). You can reserve a little of each for garnish if desired. Serve hot and enjoy!

What are some of your favorite one pot meals?

16 Comments

  1. I love how easy this recipe is and how little cleanup is involved. I will probably make it without peas as we are not pea lovers in this house. Even without them I bet it will be delicious!

    • Oh I’m sure you could totally make it without peas! My girls would say they aren’t pea lovers either, but they still have to eat their veggies 😉

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