Are you unsure of what to eat today? Then pasta will be a wonderful dish, but you’re hesitant because the recipe for pasta is quite complicated and has many ingredients. Let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to make this simple yet delicious garlic oil pasta – Spaghetti Aglio e Olio!
1. Traditional Garlic Oil Pasta – Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Preparation time
30 minutes
Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Traditional Garlic Oil Pasta – Spaghetti Aglio e Olio For 2 people
Pasta 300 gr Olive oil 80 ml Garlic 6 cloves Parsley 10 gr Chili powder 1 teaspoon Salt 1 teaspoon
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How to make Traditional Garlic Oil Pasta – Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
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Blanch the pasta
Put a pot of water on the stove, add a bit of salt, and add 300 gr of pasta to blanch for 15 – 20 minutes. Then take the pasta out and put it in cold water to prevent it from sticking together.
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Sautéed Garlic Oil
Peel the garlic and slice it thinly, wash and finely chop the parsley.
Place a pan on the stove, add 80ml of olive oil and the sliced garlic to sauté until golden.
When the garlic is golden, add a ladle of boiled water to cook for about 3 minutes, then reduce the heat.
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Mixing the Pasta
Add the pasta to the pan, mix well, and continue cooking until the water is nearly evaporated.
Finally, add a little pepper, a little salt, 1 teaspoon of chili powder, and the finely chopped parsley. Additionally, you can add a bit of parmesan cheese to enhance the flavor!
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Final product
Serve the spaghetti on a plate and enjoy. The golden noodles combined with olive oil, the fragrant parsley, and the characteristic garlic oil flavor stimulate the taste buds, making you want to eat more and more without getting bored.
2. Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with octopus
Preparation
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with octopus Serves 2
Spaghetti 300 gr Baby octopus 2 Garlic 5 cloves Basil 5 leaves (basil) Dried chili 2 peppers Salt a little
How to choose baby octopus
- Observe the eye color: choose octopuses with shiny, clear eyeballs. Do not choose octopuses with cloudy eyeballs.
- Skin color: choose octopuses with a bright white belly. Do not choose off-white octopuses, as they may have been stored for too long or soaked in water.
- Movement: for octopuses kept in tanks, choose those that are swimming. Choose those that move quickly and flexibly when touched for those that have been taken out of the tank.
- Touch the body for firmness: choose octopuses with a firm body; when you touch them, they should not feel soft and watery.
- Smooth skin: choose octopuses with a smooth, fairly slick back.
How to prepare Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with octopus
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Preparing the octopus
After purchasing, cut the head in half to remove the ink sac, discard the beak, and then wash it with alcohol, ginger, or water mixed with vinegar, followed by rinsing with cold water to eliminate the fishy smell of the ink.
Peel and slice the garlic, chop the parsley and dry chili.
Tips for cleaning octopus, avoiding fishy smell
- Use crushed ginger mixed with white wine to wash the octopus; this will definitely eliminate the fishy smell in just a few minutes.
- Boiling guava leaves to wash the octopus is also one of the particularly effective ways to remove fishy odors.
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Blanching spaghetti
Put a pot of water on the stove with a little salt, when the water boils, add a bit of olive oil and put the spaghetti in to blanch until soft, then remove it to a tray. Add a little olive oil to the tray of spaghetti and mix it well so that the spaghetti does not stick together.
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Sautéed Octopus
Heat a pan on the stove and add a little olive oil, then add garlic and sauté until golden, then add the octopus and stir-fry briefly. Continue to add a little white wine and stir-fry. Toss the pan to combine the ingredients together.
Tip: Sauté the octopus just until cooked through; do not overcook as it will make the octopus tough and shrivel. -
Sautéed Spaghetti
When the octopus is just cooked, add the boiled spaghetti and mix well to absorb the seasoning. Finally, add a little pepper, a little olive oil, and some basil to complete the dish.
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Final Product
The Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with octopus is presented on a plate with many eye-catching colors and an irresistible aroma. When you eat, you will experience the sweet, fragrant taste of baby octopus combined with the chewy spaghetti infused with the enticing garlic aroma, creating a delicious dish that embodies Italian flavors.
Information about Spaghetti aglio e olio
- Spaghetti aglio e olio or Italian pasta with garlic oil is a traditional Italian dish from Naples – a city in Italy and this is a characteristic dish representing Neapolitan cuisine.
- It is prepared by sautéing sliced or minced garlic in olive oil and can be supplemented with other seasonings such as chili powder, parsley,… to create a variety of flavors before mixing with pre-cooked pasta. The dish can be served with cream along with parmesan cheese or pecorino cheese.
How to boil pasta perfectly, not mushy
Because pasta comes in various sizes such as 3mm, 5mm, 8mm (typically distinguished by the number on each pasta box), you should refer to the cooking instructions for each type of pasta on the packaging to time it appropriately, ensuring the pasta is not too chewy or too hard!
When the cooking time is up, remove the pasta from the pot and rinse it under cold running water. Then set the pasta aside to drain. Rinsing the pasta under cold water immediately after cooking will make it crispier and tastier!
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With 2 ways to make Italian pasta with Aglio e Olio garlic oil sauce, the delicious flavors will surely give you wonderful meals with friends. Wishing you success with the recipe from TasteVN!
*The recipe and images are referenced from the YouTube channel Chef Jack Ovens and W Table
