Hi there,
My family love this spaghetti recipe which I accidentally “invented” when I ran out of pasta sauce at home one day. I was supposed to cook Alfredo that evening but to my horror, I ran out of cream sauce, so I have changed the recipe to something light used maggi seasoning which my mum will use when she pan fry some pork chops.
And it was truly a blessing in disguise! the dish turned out fantastic, and I have been cooking it ever since. It is very fragrant, fresh & light with all the corriander & spring onions. Tweaked a little, added a little more ingredients like seafood, and now it become a main stay at my household.
This dish is best with tonnes of minced garlic, so is a bit like aglio olio but with extra kick to it.
Ingredients you will need (can serve 4)
- Bacon x 1 pack or 100 – 150 g
- Garlic x 1 (mince)
- Chilli x 3
- Prawns x 8
- Frozen mussels x 8
- Spring Onions x 1 big bunch (abt 5 stalks)
- Corriander x 1 pack (about 3 stalks)
- Chinese Cooking Wine x 2 tablespoon
- Maggi seasoning sauce (up to your preference)
- Spaghetti, or vermicelli or angel hair pasta (I personally prefer vermicelli as I feel it taste lighter)
Directions :
1. Deveined the prawns, keep the shells & heads (you can discard it if you find it troublesome to fry the prawn oil)
2. Chopped up Bacon, Corriander & Spring Onions.
(Tips#1 : I use the chopper that cost $10, it is usally on sale in supermarket or OG, it is a container with blades inside, so you can chopped up the garlic & chilli in no time by twisting the cover, and any excess, just pour in some oil & store in the fridge, & you can use it for days)
3. Pour a little olive oil in the pan & add a slice of butter
(Tips #2 : To avoid burning butter, pour oil first and drop the butter in the oil, that way butter will melt without burning)
4. Fry the prawn’s heads & shell in the oil & butter in low fire, so that the oil will become very fragrant with the prawn roe. Use this oil to fry the prawns & mussels and sieve out, leave the oil in the pan
(Tips #3 : Once the prawn head & shell turned orange, fried a further 2 mins & you can discard it but keep the oil)
5. Use the same oil to fry the bacon until it turns a little crispy & add in garlic & chilli.
6. Throw in some boiled spaghetti, (I prefer to use vermicelli, angel hair pasta will taste great too),
7. Pour in Maggi seasoning sauce & cooking wine & fry the pasta with the mixture.
8. Sprinkle all chopped spring onions & corriander & mix well.
For people who find saucy pasta too heavy on hot weathers, you can cook up this recipe, it is light, refreshing & very savory. Instead of bacon, try out some chorizo sausages, or salami, you can mix & match any ingredients you want to add on as toppings too. So let your imagination do the magic in the kitchen ^^
Happy Cooking!
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Cheers,
Dawn