Grammy's Kitchen · Carbonara · Creamy Parmesan Carbonara Chicken
One of 63 carbonara recipes we measured
from cafedelites.com
It ranks #1 of 63 for brightness among the carbonara recipes we compared. 67 cooks on cafedelites.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| protein add | 0% | 47% |
| egg | 0% | 39% |
| aromatics | 0% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 3600 g | 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (large, halved horizontally to make 4 filets) |
| 15 g | 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (or plain, heaped) |
| 19 g | 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese (finely grated fresh) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 2 g | 1 pinch cracked pepper |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 10 g | 2 teaspoons butter (or sub with oil) |
| 227 g | 8 ounces bacon (trimmed of fat and cut into strips (I use shortcut bacon in Australia)) |
| 150 g | 1 onion (small, chopped) |
| 18 g | 6 cloves garlic (large, minced or finely chopped) |
| 363 g | 1-1/2 cups half and half (or use reduced fat cream or evaporated milk) |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (finely grated fresh) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch (cornflour mixed with 2 teaspoons of water) |
Method: 5 steps, published by cafedelites.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Dear God!! Made this tonight for the family....I followed the recipe exactly as written, no substitutions except I doubled the sauce recipe (prolly more like tripled it!). Served it over fettuccini noodles and Italian bread. All 5 family members proclaimed ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Tested this today. Absolutely wonderful. However, I made some adjustments to the recipe. Replaced ordinary bacon with turkey bacon. Come up with some other adjustments needed to be made for the next time. Make the chicken become cubes instead of the wh” — a cook, 5.0★