Introduction
About this Recipe
By: Complete Food Company
Make this Spaghetti Aglio e Olio recipe just once, and it will become your go-to recipe for many repeat meals. It uses simple ingredients, it cooks in 20 minutes, and it’s undeniably delicious.
Ingredients
- 150 gms uncooked spaghetti pasta
- 1.5 liter water
- 1.5 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 7-8 garlic finely chopped
- 1 tbsp red chilli flakes
- 1 tsp black pepper
- chopped parsley
Spaghetti with garlic and oil is referred to as spaghetti aglio e olio in Italian. The traditional dish just contains these ingredients. It may be finished with a sprinkle of parsley or a pinch of red pepper flakes, but even these are optional. In its simplest form, this classic Italian pasta contains spaghetti, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper.
If you’ve ever tried it, you know that spaghetti aglio e olio is a lot more than the sum of its parts. Garlic infuses the oil with rich, nutty flavor, and salty, starchy cooking water transforms it into a deeply flavorful sauce. Add perfect al dente pasta to the mix, and you’ve got a dish of absolute bliss.
Ever since spaghetti aglio e’ olio has become my go-to order at Italian restaurants, it’s been one of my favorite dishes to make at home as well. It takes only 20 minutes to make and uses pantry foods. Its rich, delicious flavor is precisely the reason I keep making it. If pasta, garlic, and olive oil are in your kitchen, make something with them tonight! If you are like me, you will make it again the next night, and again the next. Simply say the word, and it will be ready for some healthy prep.
Ingredients
- Garlic: Fresh garlic is best for this recipe. Cut it lengthwise and remove the core then finely slice it, grate it, or finely chop it.
- Olive oil: try to use extra virgin olive oil. Olive oil is the main ingredient for spaghetti aglio e olio so you should get a good brand.
- Red pepper: you can use thinly sliced fresh red hot chili peppers or red pepper flakes.
- Parsley: this is optional if desired, but we suggest that people use fresh flat-leaf parsley, which is the sort used in Italy.
- Water: to boil the pasta.
- Salt: you should season the pasta water generously when cooking pasta. Traditionally, this is done with coarse sea salt, but any salt is fine, as long as you season the water generously. Kosher salt is another good option for seasoning the water.
- Pasta: Use dried pasta made with 100% hard wheat flour and water. There should be no egg or other additives. Use an imported Italian brand of pasta if you want to be certain.
Servings
2
Ready In:
30mins
Good For:
Main Course
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
To a large pot, bring about 1.5 liters of water to boil. When the water is boiling, add the sea salt to the pot, then add the pasta.
Step 2
Follow the package instructions for the cooking pasta to ensure that the pasta is “al dente” (al dente means somewhat undercooked). Stir the pasta once or twice to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Reserve some of the starchy pasta water before draining it!
Step 3
Heat the 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet and add 7-8 finely chopped garlic and 1 tbsp red pepper flakes with 1 tsp black pepper powder. Cook until the garlic is fragrant and lightly browned around the edges.
Step 4
Toss the spaghetti into the skillet with garlic and oil, set the heat on medium, and finish cooking the pasta for one more minute, while stirring it gently. Add a spoonful of reserved pasta water to perfect the dish.
Serve this delicious Spaghetti Aglio e Olio pasta immediately, with a some extra olive oil and parsley on top.
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