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Dinner For Two : Lemony Chicken & Bacon Bucatini

1/22/17

Lemon-marinated chicken over a bed of spaghetti served in an elegant pasta bowl.Bucatini pasta tossed in a white wine & creamy bacon sauce, with lemony chicken, crisp bacon, tomatoes, fresh spinach & more!

Tender bucatini pasta and perfectly-seasoned chicken dressed in a lemon sauce piled high in a classic white pasta bowl.

A Simple Recipe for Lemony Chicken & Bacon Bucatini!

Valentine’s day is right around the corner, and as promised I have a delicious Dinner For Two for you all to enjoy! This time around we will be making a delicious pasta dish!

The star of this dish is the bucatini pasta. Bucatini pasta is very similar to spaghetti; however, it has a small hole in the center that runs lengthwise. I guess you can say it’s like a combination of elbow macaroni and spaghetti.

This pasta works perfect for this dish (and many others) because it will pocket the wine sauce that we will be making and tossing the pasta in. Aside from the amazing wine sauce, this dish will have plenty of ripe tomatoes, juicy chicken, smokey bacon and more.

While you’re here, check out some of my other Dinner for Two recipes!

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An overhead image of lemon chicken with tender bucatini pasta served in a simple white pasta bowl alongside white wine and crusty Italian bread.

This dish is perfect for date night and can be served with a fresh salad and garlic bread to make a complete meal.

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Dinner For Two : Lemony Chicken & Bacon Bucatini

This delicious pasta dish is perfect for a date night at home! Tender Bucatini is tossed in a homemade creamy white wine sauce with lemon chicken and smokey bacon.
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Dinner For Two, Lemon Chicken and Bacon Bucatini
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 2 servings
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

  • 12 oz Barilla® Collezione Bucatini
  • 2 chicken breast
  • 1/2 lb bacon
  • 2 roma tomatoes diced
  • 1 cup fresh spinach
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tsp lemon pepper
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 small lemon needed for fresh lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup white wine
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes
  • Parsley optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • Drizzle the chicken with 2 tsp of vegetable oil, then season with the lemon pepper.
  • Lightly oil a bake dish, then toss in the chicken breast.
  • Cover the bake dish, and bake the chicken on 350 F, for 30 minutes.
  • While the chicken is baking, fry up the bacon.
  • Fry the bacon until crisp, then remove from the pan, but leave the rendered fat.
  • Once the bacon & chicken is done, cut into small pieces, then set to the side.
  • Follow the directions on the back of the Barilla Bucatini box, to prepare the pasta
  • While the pasta is cooking, place the pan of bacon dripping over medium heat.
  • Once the bacon fat is hot, slowly pour in the white wine.
  • Let the white wine, and bacon fat cook for about 5-7 minutes.
  • Drain the pasta, then add it into the pot with the white wine & bacon fat mixture.
  • Next add in the chicken, bacon, fresh garlic, and tomatoes.
  • Combine the ingredients.
  • Next add in the Italian herbs, and fresh lemon juice.
  • Add in the fresh spinach, then fold the ingredients.
  • Sprinkle in the parsley flakes & red pepper flakes.
  • Last, but not least add in the parmesan cheese, then fold the ingredients.
  • Serve & enjoy!

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Filed Under: All Posts, Dinner, Mains Tagged With: bacon, Barilla Collezione, Bucatini, chicken, date night, dinner for two, italian herbs, Lemon, pasta, red pepper flakes, Spinach, valentines day, white wine sauce, wine reduction, wine reductions sauce

Comments

  1. Kim says

    January 23, 2017 at 3:54 am

    This dish looks delicious! I love Barilla pastas and any and all things lemon. Thank you for sharing. Will def give this a try.

    Reply
  2. Miss V says

    January 25, 2017 at 4:19 am

    Instead of white wine what can I use. I don’t drink and I don’t want go buy wine at store. Iam preacher wife. Can I use water, milk, or even Swanson broth. I don’t drink and people eating this dish don’t need any alcohol. Also this will be good disk to serve with your southern style peachcobbler as dessert. I make your peach cobbler every time I do people rave about how good cobbler taste. For Valentine’s day add ice cream or even whipped cream. Add your salad as first course. Pasta would be second course and the peachcobbler be desert. You have three course meal .I love the table decoration. Light candle for Valentine’s. Go dollar store get vase. Add add add some dollar roses. It be cute and romantic. Add some soft Luther Vandross music. And put on your red dress and high heels. It be better than going out for dinner . for pasta dinner use 4 skin less chicken use two in dish. Use extra two to eat along with the pasta.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      January 25, 2017 at 2:49 pm

      Hi Miss V! You can use chicken broth, instead of the wine. It will taste different, but still would be delicious! XOXO

      Reply
  3. Shay says

    January 25, 2017 at 11:22 pm

    What if you don’t eat Bacon, can I omit? Will dish still taste the same?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      January 26, 2017 at 10:18 am

      Hi Shay! Absolutely. You can omit, but it will miss the smokey flavor. Is it that you don’t eat pork? If so, try turkey bacon 🙂

      Reply
    • Maria Lee says

      August 4, 2017 at 6:12 pm

      Oh my!!!! This dinner was DELICIOUS!!!! My husband had to double. I followed the recipe, and I think instead of baking the chicken, I would pan fried it also it needed a little bit of salt for my taste. Thank you!!! I will do it again!

      Reply
  4. Maria says

    January 29, 2017 at 12:20 am

    If we can’t find this special pasta may we use spaghetti or linguine noodles?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      January 29, 2017 at 12:23 am

      Hi Maria! Absolutely! XOXO

      Reply
    • Kambiri says

      January 28, 2023 at 6:59 am

      5 stars
      Hi Maria! I couldn’t find the pasta at our grocery stores, but it was at Target.

      Happy eating!

      Reply
  5. Brenda says

    January 29, 2017 at 2:05 pm

    5 stars
    Hi Rosie, Thank-you for all the wonderful recipes.What a beautiful lady you are with a beautiful giving spirit.We soooo appreciate all you give.May the same beautiful giving spirit return to you…….Thanks again….Brenda

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      January 29, 2017 at 2:11 pm

      Thanks so much for the kind words Brenda! XOXO

      Reply
  6. JC says

    February 11, 2017 at 11:24 am

    Hi Rosie, this recipe will be served for my Valentine night dinner. However I have a strange reaction to spinage. Can you please suggest any alternatives. Than you for your delicious recipes.

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 12, 2017 at 5:48 pm

      Try using Kale 🙂

      Reply
  7. Julie says

    October 1, 2017 at 12:04 pm

    4 stars
    This is absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe. (I tried to rate it a 5 but the app on my phone wouldn’t let me for some weird reason)

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      October 1, 2017 at 3:01 pm

      Glad that you liked the recipe!

      Reply
  8. Jean says

    February 7, 2018 at 4:02 am

    What is the best white wine to use for this recipe?

    Reply
    • Rosie says

      February 7, 2018 at 11:37 am

      Try Sauvignon Blanc

      Reply

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