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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (200g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 700
Calories from Fat 261		(37%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 29.0g	44%
	Saturated Fat 5.8g	28%
	Monounsaturated Fat 18.5g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 3.3g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 11mg		3%
Sodium 1945mg		81%
Potassium 259mg		7%
Total Carbohydrate 88.9g		29%
	Dietary Fiber 4.0g	15%
	Sugars 2.3g
Protein 20.3g		40%
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Pasta With Garlic and Oil (Aglio E Olio)

Recipe #159894 | 20 min | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: KITTENCAL
Mar 14, 2006

Easy and so good, if you love garlic then you love this pasta dish! adjust the garlic to taste, I use 4 tablespoons for this recipe, you might want to reduce that a bit. Increase the dried red pepper flakes for more heat!

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1 lb spaghetti, pasta (uncooked)
3 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup reserved pasta water
7 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
4 tablespoons fresh minced garlic, divided
1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
salt and black pepper

Directions

1
Bring about 5 quarts of water to a boil with 3 teaspoons salt; add in the spaghetti and cook only until firm-tender; drain but RESERVE 1/2 cup pasta water.
2
Start this when you are boiling the pasta; Heat about 4 tablespoons olive oil over medium-low heat in a skillet.
3
Add in 3 tablespoons garlic and about 1/2 teaspoon salt with black pepper to taste; saute stirring often until the garlic is light brown (about 6-8 minutes) remove from heat and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon minced garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, parsley, lemon juice and about 2 tablespoons of pasta cooking water; mix to combine.
4
Transfer the drained pasta to a large serving bowl; toss with remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil and the remaining reserved cooking water.
5
Add in the garlic mixture; toss well to combine.
6
Season with more black pepper and salt to taste if desired.
7
Serve immediately with grated Parmesan cheese.
8
Delicious!

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From: Tigerlillyblu

On Nov 1, 2009

Great recipe - nice twist to plain shaghetti. To cook the pasta, I used Margaret3's Perfect Pasta With No Watching and No Sweating - worked like a charm - free of headaches, allowing me to prepare the garlic mix. I cut back on the garlic - but otherwise followed the recipe. Don't forget the lemon juice, it enhances all the other flavors. Kittencal, thank you for posting yet another great recipe.

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From: LilSing

On Oct 26, 2009

Quick and easy. Thank YOU!

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From: jennifer in new jersey

On Jul 5, 2006

easy and simply delicious. flavors really compliment each other well and very uncomplicated. recipe is easier than it appears. this dish is a great meal to make when you are pressed for time and ingredients. i was looking for something healthy to make but my cupboards were a bit lacking. i will make this a regular meal for myself. i had it prepared in no time at all; did use just a bit of sea salt to stir into it and i cut up a few grape tomatoes as i had to use them before they went bad. excellent dish.

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From: AWinPA

On Apr 18, 2006

This was wonderful made as is (with all the garlic). I love the stuff, so it was perfect. I enjoyed it so much, I made it again a few days later. My daughter thought it was too spicy, so I will keep some aside without the red pepper flakes for her next time to make it more kid friendly. To me, it was perfect. I cannot wait to have it again. It is my new favorite pasta dish!

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