Pepperoncini Pasta

Submitted by jennifer in new jer

"A quick and inexpensive pasta dish. I have never made it for anyone else so it could just be my taste but I think it has a good flavor to it. If you dont have the pepperchinis (they come in a jar)then you can always sub with the pepper rings; hot or mild. (they also come in a jar) The amount of heat/flavor you want will determine the amount of peppers you use. I used 1/2cup. I never salt this dish as the peppers give it enough."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 2 cups linguine or 2 cups pasta, of choice
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1 large ripe tomatoes, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, chopped fine
• 1⁄2 cup chopped pepperoncini peppers or 1/2 cup pepper rings
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepperoncini pepper juice, from pepper jar that peppers were in. (optional)

directions

1. cook pasta according to directions on box.
2. in a separate saute pan; heat all other ingredients until very warm; not wilted.
3. drain pasta and toss with sauteed mixture.
4. if pressed for time/space you can just toss pasta with other ingredients without warming the pepper mixture; the heat from the noodles will warm them up.
5. serve with good bread.

Reviews

[whtbxrmom]

I used fresh tomato, pepperoncini peppers, garlic and purple basil from the garden. Since my peppers were from the garden, I didn't use the optional juice from the jar peppers. All the colors made for a beautiful dish, but it didn't have as much flavor as I had hoped. I ended up adding additional garlic, fresh ground pepper and grated Parmesan cheese.