Spaghetti Carbonara
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The easiest pasta dish you will ever make with just 5 ingredients in 15 min, loaded with Parmesan and crisp bacon goodness!
I have yet another super easy pasta dish for you all today. And the best part about this dish is that you only need 5 ingredients to whip this up! No wait, the best part is the bacon. Yeah, the bacon.
No, but really, this is one of those dishes that comes together in 15 minutes or less with just 5 ingredients of spaghetti, bacon, garlic, Parmesan and eggs. And if you’re skeptical about the raw eggs, it actually gets cooked through completely from the residual heat. Just be sure to work quickly so you don’t end up with scrambled eggs. Plus, with the crisp bacon bits, you just can’t go wrong with this dish!
Spaghetti Carbonara
Ingredients
- 8 ounces spaghetti
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Equipment
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; reserve 1/2 cup water and drain well.
- In a small bowl, whisk together eggs and Parmesan; set aside.
- Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add bacon and cook until brown and crispy, about 6-8 minutes; reserve excess fat.
- Stir in garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute. Reduce heat to low.
- Working quickly, stir in pasta and egg mixture, and gently toss to combine; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add reserved pasta water, one tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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Can you make this ahead of time and serve it the next day?
I wouldn’t advise it.It’s really made to be served right out of the pan. Leftovers tend to be rubbery and/or greasy
So good! I added some onion and topped with red pepper flakes when I served (because I have an addiction to them), but this would have been a hit without the alterations! Will make this again.
No, I wouldn’t. The egg wouldn’t retain its silky texture. This is one of those dishes that needs to be eaten immediately.
Really quick and easy and very delicious.
Add a few sliced mushrooms whilst frying the bacon and a glug of white wine just before the pasta and egg mixture, was amazing and will definitely make again.
Great recipe! So easy and the garlic adds a great kick.
I used my whole pack of bacon, and doubled everything but the eggs. It’s delish! I don’t really understand the eggs, and when they get cooked… so hopefully we didn’t just eat raw eggs. I also left all the bacon fat in the skillet, and didn’t need to add any of the water back in at the end.
The eggs are cooked just enough to be safe, but they’re a big part of the sauce!! Nothing to worry about :-]
Me like. I used more garlic and added a little tiny bit of onion to simmer with the garlic. I didn’t have spaghetti noodles so I replaced with bowties and mmm mmm. Topped with green onion as well. Love that this is so easy and you don’t need any sauce or anything.
The BEST! So delicious and easy to make! I agree with comments below on letting the eggs cool to room temp, just makes it that much easier to help not turn into scrambled eggs. This is my husbands new favorite meal!
Delicious and easy!!
Made this last night and it was delicious. My husband had three servings!!! However I thought it was a little dry even after adding almost a 1/2 cup reserved pasta water. Was I supposed to leave the bacon grease in the pan when adding the other ingredients? I didn’t so this might have been my problem. Still it was great as is evident by the amount of leftovers 🙁
Yup, I left the bacon grease in and mixed it all up!
A lot of Parmesan but other than that it was great
You MUST use flat leaf parsley. No excuses will be accepted!!!
NONE.
Don’t even try. Period.
;-p
Excellent recipe -it was damn delicious!
Today I was asked to teach Spaghetti Carbonara … the real recipe. I saw it on Stanley Tucci’s CNN program. I have never prepared it. I used this recipe. Easy and excellent. No cheating cream. Came home and made it for our family dinner. Delicious. Thank you.
Hello. I wonder how much 1/2 cup is? I now it is different in UK than in USA. I live in Norway and we do not use these measures. (Sorry for my english )
Best regards
Hilde
1/2 cup is 125 ml
I love spaghetti carbonara. Has anyone ever tried it with breakfast sausage?
Love this delicious Spaghetti Carbonara , seems amazing . Thanks for sharing this one with us.
The many recipes I have tried on damndelicious have always been super fantastic! This spaghetti carbonara was great–a quick and easy meal with few ingredients–and that tastes great—what’s not to love?
This Carbonara is my FAVE! It took me less than 10 minutes to make, and it turned out perfectly! Whoever made this recipe up is a genius and legend!!!!!
My second time making it now. Love it!!! Even a non-cook like me was able to make this turn out well.
So delicious and so easy! I’ve always been afraid of carbonara, but never again!
First time making carbonara and it turned out great! So easy too! Damn delicious as always- even my picky 7 year old ate it up!
Thank you!
Turned out great! But had to wait for pasta to be done. So do pasta before you start cooking bacon. So that bacon and pasta are done at same time. So simple and so delicious.