Spätzle with bacon and onion is a wonderfully savoury dish which you can have on the table within 20 minutes. Delicious and warming, it's ideal for colder days.
Spätzle is a type of pasta which is best known in Germany and Alsace (a region in France). The most well known combination is spätzle with bacon and onion.
You can also add grated cheese to this dish of spätzle with bacon and onion for a more filling meal. The type of bacon used impacts the flavour of the dish which is why smoked bacon is usually chosen for this recipe.
If you can't find fresh spätzle, you can use dried spätzle. You must cook this first, in a saucepan with plenty of boiling water and a pinch of salt, before you can add it to the frying pan.
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Made by Véronique
Published at 2023-10-16, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 20 minutes.
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Updated at: 2025-09-20
Peel the red onions and cut them into thin half moons. Heat a knob of butter in a large frying pan and sauté the red onion over a low heat until translucent and slightly caramelised.
Add the bacon pieces/lardons and fry until crispy.
Once the bacon and onion have become crispy, add the pasta. If you're using fresh spätzle, the dish will be ready very quickly. When using dried pasta, you must first cook it in plenty of boiling water with a pinch of salt.
Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. Garnish with fresh parsley, if desired. Enjoy!
What is spätzle?
Spätzle (spaetzle) is a type of pasta from southern Germany, French Alsace, Switzerland, Austria and part of Italy.
Can I leave out the bacon?
For a vegetarian version, you can omit the bacon entirely. If so, you could add a little cheese to give the dish a more savoury flavour.
Per 1 serving / piece:
| Amount | Ingredient | Allergens | Kcal | Carbs | Carbs of which sugars | Fat | Fat of which saturated | Protein | Fibers | Sodium | Iron | Calcium | Magnesium | Potassium | Phosphorus | Copper | Zinc | Iodine | Selenium | Vitamin C | Vitamin D | Vitamin A | Vitamin B1 | Vitamin B2 | Vitamin B6 | Vitamin B12 | Vitamin B11 | Vitamin E | Vitamin K | Vitamin K1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | gram | of fresh spätzle | gluten | 198.00 | 35.00 g | 3.00 g | 2.00 g | 0.40 g | 9.00 g | 1.60 g | 4.00 mg | 1.40 mg | 20.00 mg | 20.00 mg | 40.00 mg | 80.00 mg | 0.12 mg | 0.60 mg | - | - | - | - | - | 0.06 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.04 mg | - | 12.00 µg | - | - | - |
| 0.75 | red onions | 33.75 | 5.72 g | 5.72 g | 0.19 g | 0.09 g | 1.13 g | 2.34 g | 8.44 mg | 0.47 mg | 28.13 mg | 9.38 mg | 164.06 mg | 39.38 mg | 0.08 mg | 0.75 mg | - | - | 6.09 mg | - | - | 0.03 mg | 0.03 mg | 0.12 mg | - | 9.38 µg | - | - | - | ||
| 50 | gram | of smoked bacon pieces/lardons | 250.00 | - | - | 20.00 g | 7.50 g | 12.50 g | - | 1000.00 mg | 0.75 mg | 10.00 mg | 10.00 mg | 150.00 mg | 100.00 mg | 0.05 mg | 0.50 mg | - | 7.50 µg | - | - | 25.00 mg | 0.15 mg | 0.20 mg | 0.25 mg | 0.75 µg | 5.00 µg | 0.50 mg | 0.50 µg | - | |
| 0.25 | knob | of butter | milk | 27.56 | 0.03 g | 0.03 g | 3.09 g | 2.03 g | 0.03 g | - | 0.19 mg | - | 0.49 mg | 0.08 mg | 0.56 mg | 0.75 mg | - | - | - | - | - | 0.05 mg | 0.04 mg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 0.25 | pinch | of nutmeg | 1.36 | 0.11 g | - | 0.10 g | 0.08 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | 0.05 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.43 mg | - | 0.88 mg | 0.53 mg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| salt and pepper | 4.39 | 1.13 g | 0.01 g | 0.06 g | 0.02 g | 0.18 g | 0.44 g | 339.13 mg | 0.09 mg | 4.00 mg | 1.33 mg | 11.09 mg | 1.51 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.01 mg | 0.52 µg | 0.02 µg | 1.34 mg | - | - | - | - | 0.01 mg | - | 0.18 µg | 0.08 mg | 2.86 µg | - | |||
| 0.5 | sprig of | parsley | 0.34 | 0.02 g | - | - | - | 0.04 g | 0.05 g | 0.30 mg | 0.08 mg | 0.40 mg | 0.50 mg | 8.50 mg | 1.30 mg | - | 0.01 mg | - | - | 1.60 mg | - | 0.01 mg | - | - | - | - | 1.20 µg | - | - | - | |
| 515.41 | 42.00 g | 8.76 g | 25.44 g | 10.12 g | 22.89 g | 4.44 g | 1352.11 mg | 2.79 mg | 63.44 mg | 41.28 mg | 375.09 mg | 223.46 mg | 0.26 mg | 1.87 mg | 0.52 µg | 7.52 µg | 9.03 mg | 0.05 mg | 25.05 mg | 0.24 mg | 0.25 mg | 0.42 mg | 0.75 µg | 27.75 µg | 0.58 mg | 3.36 µg | - | ||||
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