Spaghetti Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino - Spaghetti Aglio, Olio e Peperocino is a popular Italian dish. A quick & easy dinner recipe made with only 5 ingredients - spaghetti, garlic, olive oil, red pepper flakes & parsley.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4people
Calories: 271kcal
Author: Preeti
Ingredients
salt to taste
¼ cup olive oilextra virgin
4 clovesgarlic(finely sliced or chopped)
½ tsp red pepper flakes
¼ cup parsley
200gramsphagetti
Instructions
Preparations:
Put water in a large pot to boil.
Finely slice the garlic cloves & keep it aside.
Making spaghetti aglio olio e peperoncino
Stir in salt & add spaghetti to the boiling water. Cook it stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, In a pan add olive oil & garlic, heat it over medium heat.
Saute the garlic for 2 minutes. Take care not to brown them.
Keep the heat on low, add red pepper flakes & cook for a minute. Remove from heat.
Add ½ cup of cooking pasta water to it. Stir & let it simmer on low heat.
Cook the spaghetti until it is al dente. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking water.
Drain the spaghetti & immediately add it to the pan. Toss continuously until sauce coats the sphagetti. If needed, add some reserved pasta water.
Sprinkle some chopped parsley on top & toss. Remove from heat.
Immediately serve it.
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Notes
While serving you can add some parmesan cheese on the top. Traditional recipes do not add any cheese to it.
You can increase or decrease the quantity of crushed red pepper flakes in this recipe.
Cook spaghetti until al dense. Do not overcook or undercook the spaghetti.
Always refer to the timing recommended on the package for cooking the spaghetti.