Penne with Chicken Breast Strips, Bacon, and Cheese

Ingredients

• 300 g Penne
• 50 g frozen peas
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 50 g breakfast bacon
• 175 g cooked chicken breast fillet
• 150 g Gruyère cheese (block)
• Salt
• pepper (ground)
• Basil

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cook pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente.

2. 2.

   Boil peas for about 5 minutes, then drain and set aside.

3. 3.

   Slice bacon into strips and crisp in a pan without added fat.

4. 4.

   Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces.

5. 5.

   Dice cheese into small thin squares.

6. 6.

   Drain pasta, return to pot, stir in tomato paste and heat. Add cheese and melt while stirring; then add chicken, bacon, and peas. Heat through, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with roughly chopped basil before serving.