Addictive Kimchi and Bacon Cream Pasta
- 100 grams Pasta (I recommend regular to thick spaghetti)
- 30 ml EV olive oil ... A
- 1 clove Garlic (roughly chopped) ...A
- 1/4 Onion (thinly sliced)
- 1 to 2 rashers Bacon (3 to 4 cm strips)
- 100 grams Chinese cabbage kimchi (3 to 4 cm strips) ...B
- 50 ml Milk ...B
- 50 ml Heavy cream ...B
- 10 ml Mirin...B
- 1/4 tsp Usukuchi soy sauce ...B
- 1 Salt ...C
- 1 Pepper ...C
- 1 Black pepper (peppercorns or coarse ground)
- Cut garlic, onion, bacon and kimchi as mentioned in the ingredients.
- Combine the B ingredients in a bowl.
- Put 3 liters of water (to cook pasta) in a large pan and turn the heat on.
- When it's just about to boil, add 2 tablespoons of salt (1% salt water).
- The amount of salt in the boiling water in Step 3 will affect the taste of the pasta, so measure it out properly.
- When the pasta water comes to a boil, turn the heat down very low to have it ready to go.
- Put the A ingredients in a cold frying pan, and turn on the heat to low.
- When the garlic gets fragrant, add the bacon.
- Cook slowly to transfer the flavors and fragrances to the oil.
- When the garlic from Step 6 is lightly browned and the edges of the bacon are getting crispy, add the onion from Step 1.
- Lightly season Step 7 with salt and pepper.
- Turn the heat to medium-low, and when the onion is cooked through, turn off the heat.
- At the same time, put the pasta in the pasta water you brought to a boil in Step 4.
- Cook it for 30 seconds to a minute less than the time on the package.
- The heat should remain set to low.
- Strain the al dente pasta into a colander, without totally draining off the pasta water.
- Add the wet pasta with the sauce mixture from Step 2 to the Step 8 frying pan.
- Turn up the heat to medium-low and mix altogether.
- When it starts to bubble and thickens, turn off the heat.
- Don't overcook it in Step 11.
- If you overcook it, the sauce will be lumpy.
- Serve it on a plate, grind black pepper over the pasta, and it's done.
- Yummy.
- Here's a Cookpad user that made it with chopped green onions on top.
- I've tried it myself, and it was delicious!!
- So, if you have green onions, please give it a try.
pasta, olive oil, clove garlic, onion, rashers bacon, cabbage, milk, soy sauce , salt, pepper, black pepper
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155541-addictive-kimchi-and-bacon-cream-pasta (may not work)