This easy recipe for Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Pasta turns the classic sandwich into supper, with baby spinach playing the part of the lettuce!
Okay, so any of you who have been reading this here blog for more than a week or so know that I consider bacon to be one of the main food groups.
Bacon popcorn, bacon guacamole, bacon and and egg burgers…BRING HOME THE BACON.
So what took me so long to make bacon, lettuce and tomato pasta? Who knows…but I finally did. Because if it’s good enough for a sandwich, it’s good enough for pasta. Right? Right!
Please meet the cast of characters. The first one needs no introduction.
You can use whatever kind of bacon is your fave – we are head over heels for Dakin Farms bacon from Vermont.
The tomato part is not being played by big guys (which are not in season anyway…I’m counting the days) but by cherry tomatoes, which somehow manage to remain sweet and wonderful all year long, and which come in various fun colors. Although it’s totally fine if you decide to stick with the classic red.
Now comes the lettuce, and while I am all for trying offbeat cooking methods (and there is a grilled Caesar salad recipe on this here blog which yes, involves grilling the lettuce), the part of the lettuce in this recipe is being played by its close cousin, baby spinach.
Good and good for you, although I did get some sass from my multigenerational house when I told them I was making BLT pasta for Sunday dinner and there was some spinach involved.
Here’s How To Make Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Pasta!
Make the breadcrumbs by heating a couple teaspoons or so of olive oil in a large skillet, adding a half cup of fresh bread crumbs and stirring until golden, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and set aside.
Cook 8 ounces of chopped bacon in the same skillet until crisp, remove with slotted spoon and set aside. Add a cup of halved cherry tomatoes to skillet with bacon drippings and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until they are broken down a little.
Add a half cup of white wine wine to skillet and simmer until wine is almost evaporated. Add a half cup of chicken broth and simmer for 5 minutes.
While all that is going on, cook 12 ounces of linguine or spaghetti according to package directions and drain. Add 9 ounces of baby spinach to the skillet and toss with tongs over low heat until it is wilted.
Taste the sauce and add salt and pepper as needed. Add pasta and bacon and toss again until well mixed.
Divide among plates, top with bread crumbs and serve. And if this isn’t the very best way to eat your spinach, I don’t know what is!
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Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Pasta
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This easy recipe for Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Pasta turns the classic sandwich into supper, with baby spinach playing the part of the lettuce!
- Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs (whirl up a slice or two of bread in your food processor!)
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- Sea salt
- 8 ounces thick cut bacon, cut into small pieces
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 12 ounces linguine
- 6 ounces baby spinach
Instructions
- Make the bread crumbs by heating olive oil in a large skillet, adding bread crumbs and stirring until golden, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and set aside.
- Cook bacon in the same skillet until crisp, remove with slotted spoon and set aside.
- Add tomatoes to skillet with bacon drippings and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until they are broken down a little.
- Add wine to skillet and simmer until wine is almost evaporated. Add broth and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Cook pasta according to package directions and drain.
- Add spinach to the skillet and toss with tongs over low heat until it is wilted. Taste the sauce and add salt and pepper as needed.
- Add pasta and bacon and toss again until well mixed.
- Divide among plates, top with bread crumbs and serve!
Equipment We Used to Make This Recipe
Notes
Need to add something to your kitchen equipment to make this recipe? Below are some of the items we used in the Framed Cooks kitchen to help cook this up. These are affiliate links to things we use and love, which helps to pay for all that bacon I keep buying (without any extra cost to you)! Thanks for using them to keep our kitchen cooking…xoxo!
Updated (and made even more delicious!) from a previously published Framed Cooks post!
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