Easy Carbonara Sauce

Rich and creamy carbonara sauce is ready in just 30 minutes for a quick and easy pasta sauce served over your favorite pasta.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 231 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup water
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 (12 ounce) jar Alfredo sauce
• 6 ounces bacon, diced
• 3 roma (plum) tomatoes - halved, seeded, and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain all but about 2 tablespoons bacon drippings from skillet. Cook and stir onion with bacon in reserved drippings until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 minutes.

Step 2

Pour Alfredo sauce into onion-bacon mixture; rinse jar with the water and pour into skillet. Stir sauce with a wooden spoon, thoroughly scraping any brown bits of food from bottom of the skillet. Bring sauce to a simmer; add tomatoes. Simmer sauce until flavors blend, about 5 minutes.