Aglio e Olio (Linguine Pasta with Bacon)
Indulge your taste buds with our savoury twist on the classic Aglio e Olio pasta!
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 litres water
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 150 g linguine pasta
- 2 - 4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 200 g back bacon
- 3 - 4 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
- 1 tsp chilli powder (optional)
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tsp chopped cilantro
Instructions
- 1
Start preparing by slicing garlic thinly, chop cilantro and cut bacon strips into bite size pieces.
- 2
Pour olive oil and add salt to a pot of water and bring it to a rolling boil.
- 3
Add the linguine pasta and boil for 8 mins.
- 4
Remove linguine from the pot and drain it in a colander.
- 5
Keep the pasta water for later use.
- 6
Heat up a frying pan and add olive oil.
- 7
Add cut bacon pieces and stir fry until crispy and remove from pan.
- 8
Add olive oil to the frying pan.
- 9
Add sliced garlic, chilli powder, pepper and salt to the pan.
- 10
Add the cooked linguine pasta, 2 - 3 ladle scoops of pasta water and crispy bacon, toss it well.
- 11
Finally add chopped cilantro and mix everything together.