Asian-style Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with Coriander
- 100 grams Pasta (I used linguine)
- 40 ml Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 to 2 cloves A. Garlic (chopped roughly)
- 1 A. Red chili pepper (sliced)
- 1 A. Prawns (peeled and deveined)
- 1 Coriander
- 40 ml White wine
- 2 1/2 ml Thai fish sauce
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Plain flour
- 1 Salt and pepper
- 1 Black pepper (optional)
- 1 Lemon juice (optional)
- Prepare the A ingredients as instructed above.
- Chop the stems of the coriander finely and cut the leafy parts roughly.
- Omit the coriander if you don't like it.
- Put the plain flour in a measuring cup.
- Pour 3 L of water into a large pot and bring to a boil.
- Just before it comes to a boil add 2 tablespoons of salt (it should come to 1% of the entire pot of water).
- The amount of salt in the pasta cooking water is important to the resultant dish so measure precisely.
- When the water comes to the a turn the heat to low and leave to stand.
- Put the olive oil, garlic and sliced red chili pepper in a cold frying pan.
- Heat over a low heat slowly until fragrant.
- Once the garlic turns golden brown and fragrant add the prawns.
- Salt and pepper.
- Turn the heat to medium-low and add the white wine and fish sauce.
- Cover with a lid quickly and steam the prawns.
- Meanwhile add the pasta to the water from Step 4 and cook until al dente.
- Drain the pasta 30 seconds to 1 minute earlier than the package instruction says.
- Cook the pasta over a low heat.
- After the prawns have cooked through add coriander stems from Step 2.
- Stir quickly.
- Add 50 ml of the water you used to cook the pasta to Step 3.
- Add this to Step 10's pan and cook over a medium heat for 15 seconds to emulsify the sauce.
- Note Emulsifying the sauce is important.
- At home you cook a small amount of pasta so you cannot get enough starch to emulsify the sauce.
- By adding the flour the resultant sauce will have the right consistency.
- You will have a restaurant-quality sauce at home.
- Turn the heat to low-high and add the drained pasta.
- Stir well.
- I like it as it is but add more rock salt (not listed in the ingredients) if necessary.
- Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice and black pepper to your liking.
- Prawns sauteed in white wine and fish sauce really give this dish an exquisite taste.
- And combined with the coriander stalks just further adds to it.
- If you don't mind fish sauce or coriander I really recommend this Asian-style spaghetti aglio e oilo.
- Here's my Basic Spaghetti aglio e olio.
- is a spaghetti aglio e olio with anchovies.
- This is nice too.
pasta, olive oil, garlic, red chili pepper, prawns, coriander, white wine, fish sauce, flour, salt, black pepper, lemon juice
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/157263-asian-style-spaghetti-aglio-e-olio-with-coriander (may not work)