Main dishes

Spaghetti Carbonara

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Twenty minutes is all you need for simply delicious carbonara. Cream cheese makes it, well, creamy; bacon, onion, Parm and zesty dressing add Italian restaurant-worthy flav...read more

time

prep:

20 min

total:

20 min

servings

total:

8 servings, 1 cup each

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What You Need

lb. spaghetti, uncooked

slices OSCAR MAYER Bacon, chopped

onion, finely chopped

oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed

1/2

cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing

Tbsp. KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

Make It

COOK spaghetti as directed on package.

MEANWHILE, cook and stir bacon and onions in large skillet on medium-high heat 8 min. or until bacon is crisp and onions are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from skillet; drain. Wipe out skillet.

DRAIN spaghetti. Immediately add to skillet with all remaining ingredients; toss until cream cheese is completely melted and mixture is well blended.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Cooking Know-How

Since the pasta needs to be really hot in order to melt the cream cheese, it should be added to the skillet immediately after draining it.

Special Extra

Sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh parsley just before serving.

Substitute

Prepare using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese and KRAFT Light Zesty Italian Dressing.

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GMullen

posted:5/9/2012

I first made this years ago and love it. The most recent time I made it, it turned out a little thick as I tried to make it from memory and used the whole block of cream cheese instead of half.....smh. But when this is made correctly, it is delicious. I have also tried making it with red onion and it turned out great.

Linzy7597

posted:4/7/2011

I accidentally doubled the cream cheese, but even then it was not nearly as creamy and smooth looking as the picture. The taste was just ok. Not sure I was crazy about the italian dressing really. Difficult to stir the large amount of pasta to melt the cream cheese. Recipe needs some help!

a cook

posted:1/12/2011

It was really easy to make and tasted good. My familly loved it.

charity d

posted:6/10/2010

Dry, plus I doubled the cream cheese because of the previous reviews. It starts of ok, but once it cooled, we stopped eating. I would not make this, nor would I recommend it to someone I liked.

brenda25614

posted:4/22/2010

I agree it was dry. Either reduce the amount of pasta or increase the "sauce" ingredients. I added peas and sauteed my veggies in the bacon fat for extra flavor. I always add onions and red peppers to everything. With a little tweaking, this will be a regular.

a cook

posted:4/19/2010

I agree very dry, but with some added milk and seasonings it worked out just fine.

a cook

posted:4/14/2010

Alittle on the dry side, but overall tasty.

klopsahl

posted:11/22/2009

I've always wanted to make a pasta carbonara, but don't usually have bacon on hand. This was easy and tasted great!

a cook

posted:11/17/2009

Very easy and delicious!

ellidirect

posted:10/16/2009

I followed the suggestions here and made extra sauce and made the sauce separately. Worked just fine and was pretty good. Next time will add some portabellos and grape tomatoes to sauce.