Fiery Angel Hair Pasta

Submitted by Stephanie Y.

"This is good served with recipe #223480. Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis. You may want to substitute cilantro for the parsley."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb angel hair pasta
• 1⁄2 cup chili oil, Chili Oil
• 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• coarse sea salt
• dried crushed red pepper flakes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon grated lemon peel (optional)
• 2⁄3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the angel hair pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 6 to 8 minutes.
2. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water.
3. Stir the oil, parsley, lemon juice and lemon peel in a large serving bowl.
4. Add the cooked pasta and toss with enough reserved pasta water, 1/4 cup at a time, to moisten.
5. Season the pasta with salt and red pepper flakes, to taste.
6. Sprinkle grated lemon peel over pasta for extra flavor and texture.
7. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and serve.

Reviews

[Karabea]

I tried this after seeing it on Everyday Italian. It was good, but had too much of a "lemony" flavor for my personal taste...I would try this again, but use only lemon juice and no zest.

 

[teresas]

This has a nice heat to it. But I thought it was a bit on the plain side. Not enough spices or flavor. I really like the ease of preparation and the overall concept of the dish. I plan to prepare this again and replace the parsley with cilantro. I think that will give it the flavor I'm looking for. Thanks cookiedog for posting.

 

[Kathy228]

Fiery is a good name. But I would not have made it if I wasn't expecting it to live up to its name! Very easy to throw together. Was on the table in 15 mins. I used whole wheat pasta. Very tasty. This would be good with linguini too. Thanks Cookie.

 

[LizAnn]

This was a nice light tasting side dish without being too bland. I served it along side of recipe #255796 and recipe #30951. I omitted the lemon zest as we are not fond of it. Other than that we made it as is. Thanks cookiedog-