Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus
Creamy pasta loaded with crisp bacon and fresh asparagus. This Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus is the perfect weeknight meal. Fast and Easy.
This creamy pasta is a perfect weeknight meal, but is elegant enough to be served for any occasion. It is a real family favorite.
Why We Love This Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus
- Easy, and uses easy to find ingredients
- Fast Prep and Cooking – means meal on the table in no time at all
- Bacon? Enough said!
- It’s a comfort meal, while still being incredibly elegant for any occasion.
Every month I used to get so excited for The Secret Recipe Club assignments. This recipe was from one of the members of the SRC who no longer blogs.
The SRC was an awesome group of foodies/recipe lovers, who were assigned a different blog each month.
The blog was kept secret from the rest of the group until reveal day.
During the month, you were to choose a recipe from the blog to create during the month, make it and then at the end reveal which blog you had and which recipe you chose on a certain date each month.
When choosing my recipe for this reveal, it was the asparagus that actually caught my eye.
I am a sucker for any dish I can add to my collection of asparagus recipes.
Such a healthy veggie that is so good prepared in pasta dishes and I love the fact that they are not cooked to be too soft, but still have a little crunch to them.
They really add something special to this Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus.
And bacon recipes. Did I mention them? I love bacon… I’m always surprised when I find the rare person who doesn’t really like bacon. What? Bacon recipes are so good! Anyway! Is there really anything better than adding savory bacon tho this Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus?
I absolutely love this dish: Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus was the perfect pick for Secret Recipe Club this month.
What did you make this month? Any other asparagus recipes or bacon recipes out there? I’m looking for even more.
I have another fantastic pasta recipe you might love too… Baked Rigatoni with Bechamel Sauce and Garlic Sauteed Spinach.
Update: I added two dishes from this group to my bacon recipes collection. Be sure and check out the great recipes in this week’s reveal!
Are you ready to make some Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus?
Rigatoni with Bacon and Asparagus
Ingredients
- 1 package rigatoni or large tube pasta
- 1 pound fresh asparagus trimmed and coarsely chopped
- 8 bacon strips
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2/3 cup half and half
- 1/2 cup shredded part skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley
Instructions
- Boil your water.
- Follow package directions for cooking Rigatoni. Drain Pasta.
- In a dutch oven, bring 2 cups of water to a boil and add asparagus; cover and boil for 3 minutes.
- Drain and immediately place asparagus in ice water. Drain and pat dry. Chop into small pieces. Set aside.
- In same pan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp.
- Remove the bacon to paper towels to drain. Crumble bacon and set aside.
- Saute garlic in butter and oil until tender. Stir in the cream. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered for 3-4 minutes or until slightly thickened.
- Stir in mozzarella until melted. Drain rigatoni; add to pan. Stir in the salt, asparagus and reserved bacon.
- Sprinkle with parmigiano-reggiano cheese and parsley.
- Eat & Enjoy! The only thing I changed is that we substituted Oregano for the Parsley. This was absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!
Looks delicious and so easy, perfect for a weeknight dinner.
Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
How thoughtful of you to jump in last minute! This looks like a recipe my family would like, too. You pictures are great!
pasta, bacon, and asparagus….3 of my favorite words! Looks great!
This looks delicious. The creamy cheesy sauce with the salty bacon and fresh asparagus. Yum!
Not bad – the bacon is extra-crispy, the way I like it. Thanks for covering with the SRC!
YUM! I love bacon, pasta and asparagus. That was so nice of you to do this post up real quickly for the secret recipe club.
Great post and so sweet of you to do this last minute, looks wonderful! 🙂
Thanks ladies!! I hope you’ll come back and visit me again on Monday on my Group B reveal day! 🙂
And let me just tell you, I got lucky! We had a FABU dinner last night – it was SO yummy!!!
Great job stepping up and filling in the gaps for SRC. It IS fun, isn’t it?
Yum!! This looks like a great meal!
Looks like a wonderful and easy meal, had asparagus for the first time this year and loved it. andi
How nice that you volunteered, and what a delicious choice you made! Looks like a FAB dinner alright!
This is the kind of meal I look to feed my family too. Looks fabulous.
You are the hero of the hour for doing this. I can’t pick and whip out a recipe on such short notice.
I also wanted to say that I tried posting this comment from my iPhone but the copy/paste anti-span feature did not show up so it would not let me publish. Keep in mind that this feature appears to block out smartphone users from making comments on your blog.
Wow! That sounds like fun and looks yummy!
It looks so good 🙂
All the best,
Birthe from Denmark
So great you could step in for SRC! Great photos and the dish sound delicious.
Aw, that was sweet of you to volunteer for an emergency fill-in! Love the dish you chose–looks scrumptious!
Anything with bacon is good in my book 🙂
Looks amazing! Love this with the bacon!
This has everything that I like…so, it would be a popular meal at my house.
Can never go wrong with bacon! The addition of bacon and garlic never hurt either, this looks extremely tasty,I will have to try it
You not only did a last minute emergency post, but got step by step images as well. Great job! The pasta looks wonderful.
Great post and looks well tasty!
Thanks for sharing…
This dish is over the top with some of my favorites! I love it!
Thanks for jumping in so fast to volunteer for my blog! This was a favorite of mine too… I find so many awesome dishes from TOH!
Raina
So nice of you to step in at the last moment! But I bet having this riganoti was an adequate reward – such a wonderful flavorful dish 🙂
Ths looks delish!!! Please come share this recipe at my Recipe Swap at http://homeandpantry.blogspot.com/2011/08/healthy-salmon-cakes-with-greek-salad.html
It’s so great that you stepped up to help out SRC. The rigatoni was a great choice, it looks spectacular (I am a sucker for pasta).
Did you say bacon?? And pasta?? I’m in! That was so great of you to come to the rescue as a sub!
Good for you for jumping in for a second challenge.
I have just learned to LOVe asparagus and so am looking for new ways to fix. And with BACON!! Perfect.
Can’t go wrong with pasta and bacon!