Dinner Tonight: Pasta with Spinach, Chickpeas, and Bacon

Name: Dinner Tonight: Pasta with Spinach, Chickpeas, and Bacon
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon; 355 milliliters canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 6 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 454 grams pasta; 237 milliliters pecorino or parmesan, freshly grated; 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 6 servings Salt; 710 milliliters fresh spinach, rinsed and chopped

Dinner Tonight: Pasta with Spinach, Chickpeas, and Bacon might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 20g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 512 calories. A mixture of bacon, pasta, pepper flakes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the pasta you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Dessert Pasta as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to instructions on the box, shaving off a minute or two.

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Pasta

Water

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Pot

Pour the olive oil into a skillet over medium heat. Toss in the garlic and cook for 2 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Garlic

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Frying Pan

Add the bacon pieces and cook for 3 minutes or until they begin to render their fat.

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Real Bacon Pieces

Sprinkle in the red pepper flakes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Dump in chickpeas and stir to coat. Then add the spinach leaves, and cook until wilted. Season with a pinch of salt and add a half a cup or so of the pasta cooking water.

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Spinach