Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Sometimes the simplest things are the best. This spaghetti aglio e oliois a great example–spaghetti with garlic and oil. I love that just a few good ingredients can make such a wonderful meal. I threw this spaghetti aglio e olio together in less than 15 minutes recently for lunch and it was absolutely delicious. I really loved the spicy kick from the crushed red pepper and the garlicky oil coating the spaghetti noodles, but I loved those thin slivers of garlic the most. So good!
How to Make Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Cook the spaghetti in a large pot of salted boiling water, per instructions. Drain the pasta making sure to keep 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking water.
When the pasta has nearly finished cooking, heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the thin slices of garlic and the crushed red pepper flakes then toss quickly to coat them completely. Cook, stirring constantly for 1-2 minutes, or until the garlic just starts to get golden.
Add the drained spaghetti to the garlic and oil and a bit of the pasta water; toss to coat evenly. Add the fresh parsley and season well with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Equipment
- Large Sauté Pan
Ingredients
- 2 oz spaghetti cooked in salted water, per package instructions
- 1-2 tbsp good olive oil to taste
- Large pinch of crushed red pepper flakes to taste
- 1 large clove of garlic sliced thinly
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
- Fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Cook the spaghetti in a large pot of salted boiling water, per instructions.
- Drain the pasta making sure to keep 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking water.
- When the pasta has nearly finished cooking, heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat.
- Add the thin slices of garlic and the crushed red pepper flakes then toss quickly to coat them completely.
- Cook, stirring constantly for 1-2 minutes, or until the garlic just starts to get golden.
- Add the drained spaghetti to the garlic and oil and a bit of the pasta water; toss to coat evenly.
- Add the fresh parsley and season well with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
- Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Simple and delicious! All I need now is some garlic bread :-))
my type of food for lunch : perfect !!
xoxo
Looks like a great dinner side! I know Ryan would especially love this.
My favorite way to eat pasta. This dish looks delicious.
Yum! making this today!
Such a simple pasta but so much flavor from the garlic and oil. One of my favorites!
I made this last night, and the flavor was phenomenal! I quadrupled the recipe in order to accommodate my family. ( I adjusted the ingredients accordingly.) In order to make this an even more satisfying meal, I added some diced, previously grilled chicken (after completing Step #5). I served this w/a Spinach Salad (baby spinach, cooked bacon, sliced hard boiled eggs, purple onion, & warm bacon dressing) along w/warm Garlic Bread. This recipe is now going into my ‘pasta night’ recipe rotation. Thank you.