Name: Chicken, bacon, pea and mint spaghetti
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: * 250g dried angel hair spaghetti; * 1 cup frozen peas; * 100ml extra virgin olive oil; * 8 rashers shortcut bacon, diced; * 1 red onion, thinly sliced; * 2 cloves garlic, crushed; * 1 long red chilli, seeded, finely chopped; * 250g chicken mince; * Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season; * 1 cup mint leaves, torn; * 20g parmesan, coarsely grated; * Extra mint leaves, to serve; * Extra parmesan, coarsely grated, to serve; * Extra long red chilli, seeded, finely chopped, to serve

Chicken, bacon, pea and mint spaghetti

Twirl dainty nests of fine angel hair spaghetti into a chicken mince and bacon sauce bursting with flavour.

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

10M

Total

25M

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Twirl dainty nests of fine angel hair spaghetti into a chicken mince and bacon sauce bursting with flavour.

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Ingredients

* 250g dried angel hair spaghetti

* 1 cup frozen peas

* 100ml extra virgin olive oil

* 8 rashers shortcut bacon, diced

* 1 red onion, thinly sliced

* 2 cloves garlic, crushed

* 1 long red chilli, seeded, finely chopped

* 250g chicken mince

* Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season

* 1 cup mint leaves, torn

* 20g parmesan, coarsely grated

* Extra mint leaves, to serve

* Extra parmesan, coarsely grated, to serve

* Extra long red chilli, seeded, finely chopped, to serve

Method

Cook spaghetti following packet instructions. Add peas 1 minute before spaghetti is cooked. Drain and return to saucepan. Set aside.

Meanwhile, put oil, bacon, onion, garlic and chilli into a large non-stick frying pan over high heat and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until bacon begins to crisp at the edges. Transfer to a plate and set aside. Add chicken mince to same pan and cook, breaking up mince with a flat-bottomed wooden spoon, for 5 minutes or until cooked through. Season. Stir mince into spaghetti along with bacon mix, mint and parmesan.

Serve spaghetti topped with extra mint, parmesan and chilli.

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