Johnny Carinos Bowtie Festival
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This Johnny Carinos Bowtie Festival pasta recipe is a 20 minute meal that’s packed with vibrant flavors and seasoning. This is my go-to meal when I’m cooking for company. Why? Because everyone LOVES it! I like to serve it with a side dish of oven roasted broccoli, focaccia, or dinner rolls.
This pasta dish is good! Like, realllll good! My family goes crazy for it. And you will too.
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make it:
- Butter
- Garlic – minced.
- Onion – you can use yellow, red onion, or a sweet onion.
- Bacon – have the bacon cooked and diced (or crumbled into bite size pieces).
- Roma tomatoes – diced.
- Chicken – cooked and diced.
- Heavy cream – I never said this recipe was healthy. 😊
- Alfredo sauce – I use 1 jar of Ragu brand’s classic Alfredo sauce.
- Asiago cheese
- Salt & pepper
- Garlic salt
- Bowtie pasta
How to make bowtie festival
- Cook the bowtie pasta. Bring a large pot of water to boil. Once boiling add the bowtie pasta and cook until al dente. Drain the water and set the noodles aside.
- Make the sauce. Cook the onions in the butter, then add the garlic, bacon, tomatoes, chicken, and spice mixture. Add the heavy cream and asiago cheese to the pan. Cook for about 3-5 minutes, or until the cream mixture has slightly reduced. Add the Alfredo sauce and mix to combine.
- Stir in the pasta. Mix the cooked pasta into the sauce.
- Serve!
FAQ and Tips
- Can you use rotisserie chicken to make this dish? Yes! If you don’t have grilled chicken, substitute it for bottled chicken or rotisserie chicken.
- Do you have to use asiago cheese in this recipe? The asiago cheese gives this dish a distinct flavor so if you can use it, do! If you’re in a bind and you need to use something else, substitute parmesan cheese for the asiago. The taste won’t be the same, but it will be delicious.
Suggested Sides
And if you want some dessert recommendations I suggest you make my famous No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie, banoffee pie, or chocolate chip cookies.
Johnny Carinos Bowtie Festival
This bowtie pasta is SO GOOD! It's easy to make and loved by everyone!!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 oz butter
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1/4 cup yellow onion, - if you have a red onion you can use that instead
- 1/4 cup diced cooked bacon
- 1/2 cup diced roma tomatoes
- 1 cup diced cooked chicken - I used 1 large chicken breast
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 jar Ragu Alfredo Sauce
- 1/4 cup grated Asiago Cheese
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 16 oz bowtie noodles
Instructions
- Cook the bowtie pasta. Bring a large pot of water to boil. Once boiling add the bowtie pasta and cook until al dente. Drain the water and set the noodles aside.
- While the noodles are cooking start making the sauce. Iin a heated pan, over medium heat melt the butter. Add the onions. Cook for 2 minutes. Then add the garlic, bacon, tomatoes, chicken, and spice mixture. Cook until onions become translucent.
- Add the heavy cream and asiago cheese to the pan. Stir and cook for 2 minutes, or until you notice the cream mixture has reduced a tiny bit. Add the Alfredo sauce and bowtie pasta. Stir until evenly combined. Remove from heat. Serve immediately.
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Notes
Don't be too strict with the bacon. I don't always measure exactly 1/4 cup. We like a little extra bacon in ours so feel free to add to your liking.
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This post was first published September 30, 2017 and was updated April 12, 2020 with new photos.
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