Chicken and Bacon Fettuccine

Sometimes on a Monday night you just need to embrace comfort food. Not necessarily because it was a hard day (aren't all Mondays?), but more because making it through the first day back from the weekend is a real accomplishment. Especially after 6+ inches of snow... thanks again Minnesota.

Tonight on the menu was Chicken and Bacon Fettuccine. Yes you read that right, BACON. This simple twist on a classic really adds a nice depth of flavor. Check out the delish photo and recipe below. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS

4.5 oz fettuccine noodles

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 cup chicken broth

1/4 cut half and half

3/4 cups diced chicken

3 slices bacon (cooked crisply)

DIRECTIONS

Turn your oven to 400 degrees and place the bacon on an un-greased cookie sheet. While the bacon is cooking, boil the fettuccine noodles and sear your chicken in a pan. Instead of using chicken breasts, I really like to used the pre-cut frozen Tyson chicken - it's a lot easier and tastes exactly the same!

While all the ingredients are doing their thing, you can begin to build the sauce in a separate pan. If you don't want to make your own sauce, you can of course use your favorite Alfredo sauce from the jar.

Once everything has finished, simply just combine it into one pot, add some oregano/basil/parsley and you're done! Don't plan on having left-overs - it's THAT good!