Pasta Puttanesca Recipe

Name: Pasta Puttanesca Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5 3oz. pasta plus sauce
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp olive oil; 1 yellow onion; 4 cloves garlic; 3 anchovy filets; 1 oz. can crushed tomatoes; 1/2 tsp dried basil; 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper; 1/2 cup sliced kalamata olives; 2 Tbsp capers; 1 lb. Spaghetti

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Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings
5 3oz. pasta plus sauce
Calories
51458 kcal
Course
Main Course, Dinner
Cuisine
Italian

Pasta Puttanesca Recipe

Iris Warren

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Pasta puttanesca is an original budget-friendly meal with inexpensive pasta that gets a flavor kick from ingredients like anchovies, olives, and garlic.

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Ingredients

Servings

2 Tbsp olive oil $0.32
1 yellow onion $0.32
4 cloves garlic $0.32
3 anchovy filets $0.39
1 oz. can crushed tomatoes $0.79
1/2 tsp dried basil $0.05
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper $0.02
1/2 cup sliced kalamata olives $0.54
2 Tbsp capers $0.35
1 lb. Spaghetti $1.09

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Instructions

Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Add the olive oil, onion, garlic, and anchovy filets to a large skillet. Sauté the ingredients over medium heat until the onions are soft and the anchovies have dissolved.
Add the crushed tomatoes to the skillet, along with the basil, crushed red pepper, sliced olives, and capers. Stir to combine, then allow the sauce to come up to a simmer. Once simmering, turn the heat down to low and let the sauce simmer, stirring occasionally, while you cook the pasta.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Once rapidly boiling, add the spaghetti and continue to boil until the pasta is tender (about 7 minutes). Reserve about 1/2 cup of the starchy pasta water before draining the past in a colander.
Add the cooked and drained pasta to the puttanesca sauce in the skillet (or if your skillet is not big enough, add them both to the large pot used to cook the pasta, heat turned off). Stir to combine the pasta with the sauce. If the pasta becomes dry, add a splash or two of the reserved pasta water. Serve hot.

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Serving 3oz. pasta with sauce Calories 514.58kcal (26%) Carbohydrates 85.34g (28%) Protein 15.84g (32%) Fat 13.18g (20%) Sodium 950.26mg (40%) Fiber 6.72g (27%)