Spaghetti Carbonara recipe with no cream is a light pasta dish with the slightest creaminess that is a great alternative if Alfredo sauces are too rich for your taste or your tummy!
How It Came About That I Began Making This Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe with No Cream
I was first introduced to Spaghetti Carbonara on a cooking show 10 years ago. Ever since, I have enjoyed this skillet meal that comes together quickly. In fact, it’s so quick, you need to be sure to get the pasta boiling first so that the skillet isn’t ready for the spaghetti to be added before it is done!
This recipe is an easy one that can be whipped up with pantry and freezer ingredients if you keep things pretty well stocked.
Ingredients for Spaghetti Carbonara:
- spaghetti
- bacon
- white onion
- peas
- green onion
- grated parmesan cheese (not from a can)
- egg yolk
Boil a large pot of water and begin cooking spaghetti. You want to use a large pot and fill it 2/3 to 3/4 full so there is plenty of boiling water to keep the spaghetti from sticking to itself. Also, some of the water will be removed from the pot so you don’t want it to be too low.
Cut the bacon into small pieces and cook in a large frying pan until it begins to get crispy. (Or, pull from the freezer some bacon that you have already cooked, and it’s ready to be added after the onions soften!) Add chopped onion and continue cooking. Drain excess fat and add 3-4 ladles of water from the pot of cooking spaghetti.
Separate egg and prepare the yolk by placing in a bowl and tempering with a ladle of hot water from the spaghetti pot, stirring constantly to keep the egg from cooking.
When onion is cooked, add to the pan your drained spaghetti, frozen peas, chopped green onions, and parmesan cheese. Also add more spaghetti water if it has evaporated too much. Finally, stir in the tempered egg yolk until the bubbly mixture gets saucy.
Serve this spaghetti carbonara recipe with no cream immediately. You will love it does not cause tummy troubles like a recipe using cream does!
Every time Ihave had this. Yum.