Saturday, February 4, 2023

Chili oil butter garlic honey pasta with bacon and broccoli

My friend found this recipe on Instagram and it was SO GOOD. Didn't want to lose it so posting here. I made a couple tweaks, most notably making it for a full pound of pasta, and adding bacon and broccoli. Enjoy!

Chili oil butter garlic honey pasta with bacon and broccoli 

from Geniuseatss

Ingredients:

1 lb bacon

1 head broccoli

1 lb long pasta (like spaghetti)

* reserve 1 cup pasta water

5 Tbs chili oil

5 Tbs honey

5 Tbs soy sauce

4 Tbs butter

12 cloves garlic

100g Parmesan

green onion, to garnish

egg yolk, to garnish

more Parmesan, to garnish

more chili oil, to garnish

Instructions:

1. Boil and salt water for pasta. 

2. Chop up bacon to desired size and fry. Set bacon aside.

3. Combine chili oil, honey, and soy sauce in a bowl.

4. Chop up broccoli to desired size. Add pasta to water and cook according to package instructions. Add chopped broccoli to pasta water 3 minutes before pasta is done. Save 1 cup pasta water before draining pasta.

5. Add butter to a hot skillet and melt. Add garlic and fry for a minute until fragrant. Add chili oil mix and cook until bubbling. 

6. Add drained pasta to sauce. Add bacon and Parmesan and mix to combine, adding pasta water as needed.

7. Serve pasta, garnishing with more Parmesan, green onion, and an egg yolk.