Bumsy Recipes

Aglio Olio pasta

Published: 16^th April 2024

Time required: 20 minutes (Parts in the Steps can be done concurrently)

“My wife & I concocted this recipe for a quick tasty & healthy workday lunch at home before having to return to our desks shortly.”

Ingredients

Serving: 2

• Pasta Linguini - ~140g (~weight of a cellphone)
• Extra virgin Olive oil - ~70ml (~35ml of Olive oil to every 70g of Pasta)
• Italian herbs - 2 dashes or more (1 dash per serving)
• Tomatoes - 1 piece (or 6 pieces of Cherry Tomatoes)

Optional:

• Shredded Mozerella Cheese - ~50g (depending on your cheese preference)
• Chicken Eggs - 2
• Meat - Minced Chicken/Bacon/Patty (Amount depends on personal preference)

Notes

Olive oil grade matters most.

Including meat lets us use its oil to enhance the pasta's flavor.

Steps

Pasta Linguini (Part 1/2):

1. Put on a wok with ~1000ml of water & bring it to rolling boil
2. Turn to medium heat on the wok & set the Pasta Linguini into it (fan the pasta out as much as possible) for 12 minutes
3. Wash & slice the Tomatoe(s) & set it aside for the next Pasta Linguini part

Chicken Eggs (Part 1/2):

4. Start a kettle with ~700ml of water
5. Place the Chicken Eggs in a heat-resistant glass bowl & pour the heated kettle water into it gradually (to minimize eggs from cracking from the heat)
6. Cover the glass bowl & leave it to set for 10 minutes (room temperature eggs) or 11 minutes (chilled eggs)

Pasta Linguini (Part 2/2):

7. Pour the Pasta Linguini into a seeve & run it under tap water for ~10 seconds before setting it aside
8. Empty the wok & add the sliced Tomatoes & Olive oil (~70ml) with dash(es) of Italian herbs
9. Put the wok on medium heat & cook the Tomatoes till its juices begin oozing
10. Add meat (if any) into the wok and cook until it is ready to serve
11. Pour the Pasta Linguini back into the wok and stir it to get the Olive oil coat (add more Olive oil as needed)
12. Add the Mozerella Cheese into the wok and stir the pasta with it for ~5 minutes (spread & melt the cheese across the pasta)
13. Serve the pasta into the plate(s)

Chicken Eggs (Part 2/2):

14. Retrieve the Chicken Eggs from the bowl & run it under tap water for ~10 seconds
15. Create a recess on top of each pasta serving and crack a Chicken Egg in each

Ready to serve & enjoy!