Carbonara Pinoy Style Recipe | The Ultimate guide to making Carbonara - Sulit Living

Carbonara, when you say it.. don’t you hear music playing in the background? One of the pinoy’s favorite dish to hack! Why? because of its creamy goodness, its an easy dish to serve and carbonara ingredients can be changed to whatever is available (homestyle, dont get nazi on me!) A family favorite served in special occasions, including Christmas or Birthday Parties!

How to cook Classic Carbonara!

Carbonara Ingredients

500 grams linguini or any pasta, cooked according to package directions
400 grams bacon, chopped
3 tbsps butter
5 cloves garlic, chopped
3 tbsps onions, chopped
1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced
1 cup chicken stock
250ml All Purpose Cream
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/4 cup cheddar or quick melt

How to prepare Carbonara

Get chopped garlic fry in pan until light golden brown, remove for later.
Get bacon and fry in pan with garlic oil, fry till lightly toasted, remove for later.
Using the same pan and remaining bacon fat (yum!), add in butter, garlic and onions. Cook for a minute over low heat.
Add in sliced mushrooms. Cook for another minute.
Pour in chicken stock in portions.
Add All Purpose cream and mix making sure no lumps are formed.. slowly add cheese and stir
Season with salt and white pepper.
Add brown garlic and toasted bacon for topping on Pasta!

Carbonara Hacks with a twist!

Change Noodles
Change Cheese Selection
Instead of Salt, use substitute check Nadia Montenegro’s Video using Knorr!
Simple Carbonara is just Egg, Hard Cheese and Cured Pork (smoke sauaage is the best!)
Vegetarian Hack – replace bacon with Veggies like asparagus or smoked veggie bacon bits
With Spam or Ham! Spicy Spanish Sardines for a kick!
Have you Tried Bread Pan as extender? (Cheese & Onion)
Get chunks of smoked bacon from deli.. you wont regret it!
Instead of Smoked bacon, you can just get smoked Cheddar!