How to Cook Yummy Chicken BKT Pasta

Chicken BKT Pasta.

You can cook Chicken BKT Pasta using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken BKT Pasta

1. It's 2.5 cups of dried pasta (I used shells, but wish I had penne to use.
2. Prepare 1 of large chicken breast, diced.
3. Prepare 6-8 of sliced bacon, diced.
4. Prepare 1 jar of or can of tomato sauce.
5. Prepare 2 cups of fresh kale, chopped.
6. You need 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
7. It's to taste of Salt and pepper,.
8. It's 1 tbsp of Italian seasoning.
9. You need 1.5 tsp of basil.
10. You need 2 of pinches, dried chili flakes.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of dried thyme.
12. It's 1/2 cup of half and half cream.
13. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
14. You need 3/4 cup of parm cheese (the kind you have to shred yourself if you).

Chicken BKT Pasta instructions

1. Season died chicken with salt, pepper and chili flakes.
2. Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot until cooked el dente. Drain and set aside.
3. In the same pot (because I love one pot meals) add your diced bacon and brown. Once the bacon is cooked, remove the bacon and set aside..
4. Add the chicken to the pot and cook in the bacon fat (drain some of theres too much fat) and cook chicken until brown and cooked through. Remove chicken and set aside..
5. In the same pot, add your tomato sauce and add the remaining seasonings and garlic. (Careful with he salt because theres salt in the bacon and the parm cheese that you're adding later).
6. Add your kale to the sauce and let everything bubble and cook together about 8 min. Then add your cream and milk. Stir together.
7. Add your chicken and 1/2 your bacon back to the pot, then add your parm cheese. Stir.
8. Add your cooked pasta back to the pot and stir to combine everything..
9. Plate and garnish with extra pieces of the bacon and add more shredded cheese if you want... DELISH, ENJOY!!!.