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Spaghetti all’Arrabbiata

Yields2 ServingsPrep Time10 minsCook Time40 minsTotal Time50 mins

This spaghetti all'Arrabbiata is made of tomato juice, and it has rich flavor by slowly cooking the sauce. I love the spicy tomato sauce, but you can reduce red pepper if you like mild tomato sauce.

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 180 g spaghetti (1.7mm)
 3000 g water
 36 g salt
 50 g bacon
 3 tbsp olive oil
 20 g garlic
 2 chili pepper
 450 g tomato juice (non salt)
 3 pinches sea salt
 ½ tbsp olive oil (for finishing touch)
 2 pinches Roughly chopped Italian parsley
Preparation of ingredients
1

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Cut the garlic in half, and remove the skin of it. Remove the skin of the garlic, and get rid of the sprouts. Cut it into 5mm slices.

2

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Cut the bacon into 5mm sticks.

3

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Cut the chili pepper in half diagonally, and remove the seeds.

Make the sauce
4

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Put the olive oil and garlic in a pan. Heat up on high heat. When the bubbles come out from the garlic, reduce the heat to low, and fry the garlic until light brown.

5

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Sauté the bacon on medium-low heat until the are crisp.

6

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Add the chili pepper, and transfer the hot of it to the oil. Don't burn it by moving the frying pan.

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Add the Italian parsley to the pan.

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Add the tomato juice in the pan, and heat it up on high heat. When it comes to a boil, reduce the heat.

9

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Add the sea salt, and simmer it on medium-low heat until the sauce become sticky. Sometimes stir the sauce. It's important to slowly cook the sauce so that the umami flavor comes out.

10

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Add the sea salt if it the sauce is bland. Keep the sauce hot during boiling spaghetti.

11

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Start to boil the spaghettini one minute shorter than a package instruction.

12

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Add the drained spaghetti, and live oil to the sauce, and mix them with a tong.

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Serve it on a plate, and sprinkle the parsley.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 2

Servings 0