Spicy Chicken Carbonara

I said in my first post that I enjoyed cooking and I was quite proud of myself the other day when I managed to cobble together an interesting twist on a carbonara using whatever I could find in the cupboards. I thought after my slushy previous post I'd reward you for your kind tweets by sharing it with you.
The pictures below are the ingredients I used for myself, I'll work out a full recipe and post it onto the BBC Good Food Website



Firstly you'll need garlic, finely chopped onion and red pepper for colour and some chopped fresh basil.

Next cut some cooked chicken and diced bacon or ham












You'll also need pasta, eggs, black pepper, oregano, paprika, chilli flakes and parmesan










And a cup of tea (this can be substitued with a bottle of white wine)











Whisk the egg and add pepper, oregano, chilli flakes and parmesan to taste










Put the pasta on to boil. I used fusilli, tagliatelle is traditional but anything you have in the cupboard will do










Fry the onion and garlic til soft










Then add the meat, red pepper, stir in some paprika and heat through










Once the pasta is cooked drain and stir into the mixture, then add the egg mixture and stir, letting the pasta cook the egg. You could add cream once the egg is cooked

Garnish with fresh chopped basil et voila!

Finally remember to turn the stove off (I forgot!)










Enjoy!

Unless anything exciting happens in the next week, I'm going to concentrate on a couple of pieces for my sister blog, A Plus Musings. Another parody and my first attempt at a stand up sketch will be coming up next week.