Last week, I tried making spaghetti Aglio Olio for my family, with the help of my sister of course. Spaghetti Aglio Olio basically means, spaghetti noodles with garlic and oil. We read some recipes off from the internet, and I found out that this dish is actually pretty easy to make!
What I Used:
-Olive Oil (Right here, I'm using extra virgin olive oil but i recommend a regular olive oil would do because sometimes extra virgin ones tasted abit too strong for this dish)
-Garlic ( I had at least 10-12 cloves of small garlic with me, cooked for 4 servings)
-Spaghetti Noodles (of course)
-Black Pepper
-Salt
-Chili Flakes ( i forgot to bought some from the groceries,yet i manage to found some extra Domino chili flake packs which is usable, but of course,original spices would be so much better)
-Parsley Flakes (freshly chopped Italian Parsley are recommended)
-White Button Mushrooms (I am a very inexperienced cooker therefore i bought straight up packed and cut mushrooms. Please do use the fresh ones than me)-Butter (for mushroom, also optional)
-Parmesan Cheese (optional)
1. slice garlic to thin pieces (not dice or chop,just SLICE!)
2. cook spaghetti pasta (add a little salt to the water that's cooking the pasta
(Mushrooms here are optional. Because classic spaghetti aglio olio's very plain, i thought i should add in mushrooms. You can add in more stuff like bacon pieces, squids, ham etc.)
3. wash up your mushrooms, slice them if necessarily.
4. put a chunk of butter into your frying pan, stir it until it's pretty entirely melted.
5. throw in some garlic, and then your mushrooms.
6. cook em for a while, then add salt & black pepper to taste.
7.Put mushrooms aside. drain your noodles aside too when cooked.
8. Now to prep up my olive and oil, I poured almost, like a cup of olive oil into my pot.
9. When oil starts heating up, throw in your sliced garlic. Your heat should be at least medium-low, so that you won't overcooked your garlic all of the sudden.
10. Garlic looks almost golden browned when cooked. At that time, throw in a some spaghetti water (the water you cooked your pasta in) to slow down the cooking process of the garlic.
11. With this you can straightaway pour the garlic olive oil into your spaghetti. throw in some mushrooms, and that little melted butter you cooked your mushrooms with. Put in chili flakes and parsley. Then add more black pepper and salt to taste. Add in parmesan cheese if you want to. Mix everything evenly then you're ready to serve!
Personally I think my noodles are a little overcooked, therefore it kinda splits easily when mixed with garlic and oil. But it wasn't that bad!
