I’m currently, unashamedly, singularly, OBSESSED with the simplest pastas.
Which means yet again it’s pretty impossible to show in a picture just how good this is.
I’d actually wanted noodles but didn’t have any (I KNOW - outrageous, right?).
So I cooked some beautiful spaghetti. And this turned out so gorgeous I’m GLAD I was out of noodles.
I warmed oil in a pan and added garlic and spring onions and chilli and after 30 seconds or so when it smelt really good, I added a big ladle of the pasta cooking water and crumbled in 1/3 of a chicken Knorr stock cube and a slosh of light soy sauce.
Next time I make this i might add a little grated fresh ginger too at the start along with the garlic, onions and chilli.
Cooked for three minutes, simmering. Added the spaghetti that was deliberately a little under cooked and cooked for two more minutes.
Added a teaspoon or so toasted sesame oil and let it simmer for another minute. And then added just a little salt and a sprinkling of dried chilli flakes for seasoning.
Here’s the reminder of what you’ll need to make this:
Spaghetti
Olive oil
Garlic
Spring onions
One fresh red or green hot chilli
Pasta cooking water
A little Knorr chicken stock cube
Light soy sauce
Toasted sesame oil
Salt
Dried chilli flakes
This was so satisfying and so quick.
I really, really liked this.
It has so much of everything I love about it - it’s simple, classic, easy and has some of my favourite flavours.
