Easy Carbonara Sauce recipe

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Ingredients

6 ounces bacon, diced
1 large onion, diced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 (12 ounce) jar Alfredo sauce
½ cup water
3 roma (plum) tomatoes - halved, seeded, and chopped

Nutrition Info

230.7 calories
carbohydrate: 6.9 g
cholesterol: 32.8 mg
fat: 20.3 g
fiber: 0.8 g
protein: 6.8 g
saturatedFat: 7.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 760.9 mg
sugar: 3.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain all but about 2 tablespoons bacon drippings from skillet. Cook and stir onion with bacon in reserved drippings until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic, cook and stir until fragrant, 2 minutes.

  2. Pour Alfredo sauce into onion-bacon mixture, rinse jar with the water and pour into skillet. Stir sauce with a wooden spoon, thoroughly scraping any brown bits of food from bottom of the skillet. Bring sauce to a simmer, add tomatoes. Simmer sauce until flavors blend, about 5 minutes.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

Quick way to make a really tasty carbonara-style pasta sauce. Serve over cooked pasta.

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