Easy Creamy Gochujang Pasta
This gochujang pasta is creamy, spicy, and ready in under 15 minutes! It’s a soul satisfying vegetarian fusion meal for any weeknight dinner.
Servings: 5
Calories: 580kcal
Cost: £0.77
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp Gochujang paste (£2.50/5)=(£0.50)
- 100 g parmesan (£1.60)
- 150 ml single cream (£1.10/2)=(£0.55)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced (£0.39)
- 500 g spaghetti £0.80
Cupboard Essentials
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp chilli flakes, optional
Instructions
- Add the spaghetti to heavily salted boiling water. Set your timer for 2 minutes minus the suggested cooking time on the packet or box.
- To a large, deep pan, add the olive oil, chilli flakes, and garlic. Gently fry on a (very) low heat for around 2 minutes.
- Next add the Gochujang paste to the pan and fry for another couple of minutes.
- Loosen the thickened sauce with 2 ladles of pasta water and reduce the heat to low. Make sure the sauce does not boil.
- Add the cream and shredded parmesan to the pan. Stir the ingredients together until incorporated well, then stir in another ladle of pasta water.
- Finish cooking the spaghetti by adding it to the pan with the sauce. Stir to combine. Keep adding pasta water as necessary and once the pasta is fully cooked, serve immediately with an extra sprinkle of parmesan.
Serve with tenderstem broccoli and mushrooms sautéed with fry light.
Notes
- Make sure you undercook the pasta slightly when you first boil it so you can finish off the cooking in the sauce and not overcook the pasta.
- Reserve some pasta water to adjust the thickness of the sauce/spaghetti.
- Adjust Gochujang paste depending on your spice preference and consider serving with some additional protein such as chicken or fish.
Nutrition
Calories: 580kcal | Carbohydrates: 81g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 343mg | Potassium: 330mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 549IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 285mg | Iron: 2mg