Pasta with Red Peppers: A Flavorful, Colorful Dish
This colorful pasta dish combines the natural sweetness of red peppers with tender pasta for a delicious and healthy dish. With its bright colors and fresh flavors, it's an easy and satisfying dish that brings deliciousness and nutrition to your table.
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Ingredients Needed
Pasta: Provides carbohydrates and is the main component of the whole dish.
Bacon: Has a unique salty taste, adds rich flavor to the pasta, and releases oil during the cooking process to enhance the overall aroma.
Red pepper: Bright color, adds color to the pasta, brings a fresh taste and slightly sweet taste.
Yellow pepper: Also brings color and unique taste to the pasta, enriching the flavor of the dish.
Garlic: Can increase aroma and enhance the flavor of the dish.
Pitless olives: Bring a unique salty and sour taste to the pasta, enriching the pasta.
Parmesan cheese: Has a unique milky flavor, making the pasta thicker and richer in taste.
Chopped Parsley: Adds a fresh taste to the pasta and makes the dish more delicious.
Black pepper: Has a spicy taste, adding flavor to the pasta. Red pepper powder: adds a unique spicy taste and color to the pasta, enriching the flavor of the pasta.
Tomato paste: provides a variety of tomato flavors for the pasta, making the taste of the pasta richer.
White wine: It can remove the fishy smell and add fragrance, while adding a unique flavor to the pasta. It can evaporate during the frying process, making the aroma of the dish more intense.
Which bell pepper is best for pasta?
When making pasta, red bell peppers (the red variety of bell peppers) are usually the best choice.
This is because red bell peppers are sweet, crisp, and brightly colored, making them a great match for pasta, adding color and flavor to dishes.
Tips for cooking pasta
1.Add salt: Add salt after the water boils, usually 1-2 teaspoons of salt per liter of water, which not only seasons the noodles, but also increases the boiling speed of the water for cooking noodles.
2.Boil noodles with more water: Usually, it is best to use 1 liter of water for every 100 grams of noodles when cooking noodles, so that the noodles can float freely, so that the noodles can fully expand and avoid sticking together.
3.Don't forget to stir: Especially in the early stage of cooking noodles, stir gently several times to avoid the noodles sticking together.
4.Test the taste: 1-2 minutes before the specified time arrives, take a noodle and try it to check whether it has reached the taste you like. If it is not hard enough, you can cook it for another 1-2 minutes.
5.Don't overcook: It is best to have a slightly hard core of the cooked noodles. Overcooking will make them soft and lose the unique toughness of pasta.
6.Leave a little cooking water: In order to adjust the consistency of the sauce, you can leave some cooking water and add it to the sauce so that the sauce can better adhere to the noodles.
Cooking time for common pasta
Spaghetti: 8-12 minutes
Fettuccine: 10-13 minutes
Penne: 10-12 minutes
Fusilli: 8-10 minutes
Orzo: 7-9 minutes
Macaroni: 7-9 minutes
INGREDIENTS
MAIN INGREDIENTS
- 200g pasta
- 100g bacon
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 20g Chopped Parsley
ACCESSORIES
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 pitted olives
SEASONINGS
- 50g Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 50ml white wine
DIRECTIONS
STEP 1
Prepare the ingredients
Cut the bacon into small pieces, the red and yellow peppers into small pieces, mince the garlic, and slice the pitless olives for later use.
STEP 2
Cook the noodles
Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, bring to a boil, add the pasta, and cook until the noodles are cooked according to the package instructions, remove and drain the water for later use.
STEP 3
Fry the bacon
Add a little oil to the pot and fry the bacon over low heat until the surface is golden.
STEP 4
Add the red pepper, yellow pepper, and minced garlic, stir-fry, pour in the white wine and cook until the alcohol evaporates.
STEP 5
Add one spoon each of red pepper powder and tomato paste.
STEP 6
Add the cooked pasta and pasta water and cook until thick.
STEP 7
Add the olive slices, Parmesan cheese, and French minced meat, and finally season with salt and black pepper.
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Recipe Variations
Use ham slices instead of bacon:
The salty flavor of ham slices is slightly different from that of bacon, which can bring a unique flavor to pasta.
The texture of ham slices is relatively soft and not easy to burn during cooking, which is suitable for people who like light flavors.
Use shredded chicken instead of bacon:
Chicken has a high protein content and a low fat content.
Chicken shreds can be marinated first and then stir-fried with bell peppers to make pasta healthier.
Add mushrooms:
Mushrooms have a unique aroma and can increase the taste and flavor of pasta when paired with bell peppers. Mushrooms can be cut into thin slices and stir-fried with bell peppers to make pasta richer.
Add onions:
The sweetness and aroma of onions can add a rich taste to pasta.
When adding onions when stir-frying bell peppers, the sweetness of onions will blend with the taste of bell peppers, making the pasta more delicious.
Recipe analyzer
- Recipes: Pasta with Red Peppers: A Flavorful, Colorful Dish
- Main Ingredients:13
- Servings per recipe:1
- Servings size:708 g
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Energy (calories)：913 kcal
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Protein：36.08 g
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Fat：47.7 g
Why gray?
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Carbohydrates：97.67 g
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Protein: 14%127 kcal
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Fat: 44%405 kcal
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Carbohydrates: 42%380 kcal
The ratio shows whether the proportion of both fatty acids in your diet is optimal. Red color means too much of Omega 6 or too little of Omega 3. The data are rounded off and approximate.
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