Spicy Garlic Linguine

Our toddler loves rice and pasta, but lately is not so in love with potatoes. So we usually have some sort of rice or pasta as a side dish with dinner. And surprisingly even though there is crushed red pepper in this pasta dish and it has a little spicy kick to it, our toddler loves it!

You could even serve this as a main dish with a side salad for Meatless Monday or if you just need a really quick simple dinner.

After pasta is cooked, drained and set aside, put the olive oil, garlic and crushed red pepper in the same pot and cook for about 1 min until the garlic becomes fragrant and sizzles

Return linguine to the pot and toss to coat

Add Parmesan cheese and salt to taste and toss to combine

Great as a side dish

I served it with my crunchy garlic oven fried chicken
(click here for the recipe)
I did boneless chicken breasts this time, but usually use a whole chicken cut-up into pieces,  bone-in skin-on. Click here for the recipe.

Spicy Garlic Linguine

1 lb linguine, uncooked

1/3 C olive oil

1/4 C minced garlic

1 t crushed red pepper

1/3 C Parmesan cheese

salt to taste

Cook pasta according to package directions in a large pot of salted boiling water; drain and set aside. In the same pot, heat oil, garlic and crushed red pepper over med-high heat for about 1 min until garlic begins to sizzle and becomes fragrant. Return linguine to the pot and toss to coat. Stir in Parmesan cheese and salt to taste.

(Recipe slightly adapted from Cuisine at Home Magazine)

Enjoy!                                            

Sandi