A delicious and super easy recipe for Spaghetti Carbonara, all cooked together in one pot. This tasty family meal takes just 2 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook, perfect for busy evenings when you don’t have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen!
If there’s one dish I know for sure my kids will eat it’s spaghetti! We have a few tried and tested recipes that I make a lot but recently I’ve been trying to come up with slightly more adventurous flavours for my family to try.
How Do You Cook One Pot Spaghetti?
This One Pot Spaghetti Carbonara ticks all the boxes. It’s so quick and easy to make, takes just 15 minutes and it can all be cooked in just one pan – meaning less washing up afterwards!
The pasta is cooked in vegetable stock which gives tonnes of flavour to the dish. Most of the stock gets absorbed into the pasta. When cooked, eggs and cream are added for that traditional creamy sauce.
Can you make a healthy Carbonara?
People often think of carbonara as being quite unhealthy but I’ve only used 125ml of single cream which when divided between four people works out as very little.
Served with lots of freshly cooked greens like broccoli, spinach or kale, I think this actually makes a really balanced family meal.
If you try this recipe please do let me know what you think. Or tag me in a picture on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’d love to see your pictures!
One Pot Spaghetti Carbonara
Prep Time: 2 mins- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 17 minutes
Yield: 4 1x
Category: Main Meal
Cuisine: Italian
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A delicious and super easy recipe for Spaghetti Carbonara, all cooked together in one pot. This tasty family meal takes just 2 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to, perfect for busy evenings when you don’t have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil
- 200g / ¾ cup bacon lardons
- 900ml / 4 cups vegetable stock
- 350g / 12oz spaghetti
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 125ml / ½ cup single cream
- 2 medium eggs
- 50g grated parmesan
- To serve – chopped fresh parsley and a little more grated parmesan
Instructions
- Add the oil to a large pot or a wok and heat. Add in the bacon lardons and cook for 3-4 minutes until soft. Remove them from the pan and put to one side in a bowl.
- In the same pan add the vegetable stock and bring it to the boil. Add in the spaghetti and the crushed garlic cloves and cook for 8-10 minutes until the spaghetti is soft and all the stock has just about absorbed.
- Add the cream to a small jug and crack in the two eggs. Pour this into the spaghetti and mix well.
- Add the grated parmesan and mix again before adding the cooked bacon back in.
- Serve immediately with a little chopped fresh parsley and some more granted parmesan.
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Georgie says
I made this with my 7 year old fussy eater this afternoon and she loved it!
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Claire says
Made this today with my 3 kids , was very easy and very tasty. I used bacon and added peas. Thanks for the recipe x
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Mary says
A really lovely recipe and so quick and easy to make – thank you
Sarah says
This was great! 🙂 At the end I added some peas and a cup of barely cooked chopped beet greens (cut up tiny so my girls wouldn’t mind them.) I had some porkchops so I used that instead of bacon, and used fresh/refrigerated fettuccini instead of dried spaghetti. Had to adjust the liquid and the cooking times a little but it turned out great. 🙂
Fiona says
Was very tasty meal. I added sliced mushrooms and some frozen peas with the bacon. My kids enjoyed it.
Joanne W says
Do you wait till the egg mixture is cooked through with the pasta?
Ciara Attwell says
It will cook quite quickly as the pasta will be hot
Fiona says
Hi, do I turn off the heat first before adding the mixture of cream and egg?
Thanks in advance!
Charlotte says
One of my favourite recipes from this site!
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Sam says
Absolutely delicious!! I may or may not have went back for seconds! My 2 year old loved it also. And so easy to prepare, will definitely be making this again soon.
Ciara Attwell says
That’s brilliant to hear!
Lara Jarvis says
I absolutely LOVE making this carbonara recipe – it’s so simple and SO delicious!
Ciara Attwell says
Thank you Lara!
Deidre Grayson says
This was super easy and my 5 yr old, who’s very picky ate seconds! Converting the measurements was simple with the assistance of Google, lol. I used a little too much spaghetti so I had to add some whole milk to thin it out. I would suggest only using 3/4 of the 1 pound package of noodles. I also wasn’t sure what temperature you were using at the end. I wouldn’t set it too high, maybe medium heat since you’re basically just heating it through. Otherwise, it was great! Thank you for sharing!
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Ciara Attwell says
Thanks Deirdre, really glad you enjoyed it!
Cath Muller says
I made this for my family last week when my parents came to visit – everyone loved it and my Mum asked me for the recipe!
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Ciara Attwell says
Fab!!! I’m so glad you liked it Cath! xxx