GARLIC MUSHROOM SPAGHETTI WITH BACON

Garlic Mushroom Spaghetti With Bacon is an easy weeknight dinner, made with just a handful of ingredients. This Mushroom Pasta is packed with flavour and takes just 20 minutes from start to end.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 20

Servings Serving

Calories 254kcal

Author Subhasmita

Ingredients

250 grams dried spaghetti
400 grams button mushroom Sliced
8 Bacon Strips Chopped
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 tbspn fresh minced garlic
1 tspn chili flakes adjust as per your spice tolerance
1 tspn Dried Oregano
Salt and pepper as per taste

Instructions

First, cook the pasta in salted water until done. Drain and keep aside. Reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water for later use.
While the pasta is cooking, to a hot pan add chopped bacon. Cook until bacon is crisp and brown in colour.
Remove cooked bacon from the pan. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon fat in the pan and discard the rest.
Add olive oil to the same pan.
Add mushroom to the pan and arrange sliced mushrooms in a single layer(Don't overcrowd the pan).
Cook mushroom undisturbed until they are golden brown in colour on one side. Then flip and cook the other side.
When Mushroom is cooked on both sides and it is crispy golden brown. It should take roughly 8-10 minutes.
Add minced garlic, oregano and chilli flakes. Stir on low heat till aromatic.
Add 1/2 cup of reserved pasta water and cook for a minute. The water will start to thicken and form a sauce.
Add Cooked spaghetti and cooked bacon to the pan. Add salt as per taste (remeber there is salt in pasta water).
Toss everything well and cook until the pasta water has reduced and almost thickened.
Serve with fresh parmesan cheese on top.

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