How Do You Cook Spaghetti Carbonara With Bacon?
• Slice the bacon into 1/2″ pieces and put them into the frying pan (don’t turn on stove heat yet). Thickly sliced bacon works best. • Bring water to boil in the heavy pot for the pasta. • Once the water is boiling, put the pasta in and set a timer for 10 minutes. • Turn on the heat under the frying pan to medium-high. • Cook the bacon, adjusting the heat as necessary to render fat out of the bacon, but avoid cooking the bacon to the crispy stage–you really want it soft and just slightly browned. • Timing is critical–you should be able to have the bacon cooked in the 10 minutes it takes to cook the pasta–you may need to lower the heat to keep the bacon hot. • Quickly dump the pasta in the strainer and shake quickly to remove excess water (do not rinse) and return it to the hot pot you used to boil the pasta. • Pour the contents of the frying pan (bacon and fat) over the pasta in the pot and begin to stir, coating the pasta with the bacon fat. • Add the beaten eggs and continue to st
