Orecchiette Pasta w/ Butter Sage Sauce

The Ingredients

1/2 stick of unsalted butter

1/4 cup fresh sage

2 chicken breasts

1/2 bag orecchiette pasta

2 strips of bacon

salt

pepper

First, cook the bacon strips until crispy and set aside. Save the grease- you will be using it for the next step.

In a grill pan, add the bacon grease and cook the chicken breasts on medium heat. Add some salt and pepper to taste. The grill pan will leave lovely grill marks, which adds to the presentation. Then, throw in half of the butter and let it lightly brown. Add some sage, which will crisp up and infuse the butter with some great flavor. Do this for 7-10 minutes, but move onto the following step so you can get two things done at once. Your chicken should look like this: 

Then, grab that bacon. I use kitchen shears to cut tiny pieces. While the chicken is cooking, boil some heavily salted water. Add orecchiette pasta and cook until al dente. 

Also, make sure you add the rest of that butter into the cooking chicken. Put the chicken on the pasta and top with the bacon. Drizzle with the butter sage sauce and enjoy! 

Final product!