Lara Lee’s cheesy kimchi linguine with gochujang butter is a pasta dish that flies the flag for sweet-spicy-salty-umami-fermented flavour. Plus, it comes together in just 20 minutes.
Recipe taken from A Splash of Soy by Lara Lee (Bloomsbury £22)
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Ingredients
- 200g dried linguine or spaghetti
- 120g kimchi, roughly chopped
- 30g unsalted butter, cubed
- 40g gochujang
- 2 tsp light soy sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed, or 2 tsp garlic paste
- 2 spring onions, sliced into thin matchsticks
- 1 tbsp sunflower or grapeseed oil
- 2 medium free-range eggs
- 2 tbsp crumbled nori or seaweed flakes
- Lime wedges to serve
- 20g parmesan, finely grated
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Method
- Bring a pan of water to a boil, add the pasta and cook according to the packet instructions (usually 8-12 minutes).
- While the pasta is cooking, prepare your ingredients. Put the kimchi, butter, gochujang, soy, garlic and half the spring onions in a large, cold non-stick frying pan (don’t worry about mixing it for now).
- Drain the pasta, reserving a little of the pasta water. Put the pasta straight into the frying pan with 2 tbsp pasta water over a high heat. Cook, tossing everything together, for about 3 minutes, or until warmed through and well coated. Remove from the heat and transfer to serving bowls.
- To fry the eggs, wipe out the pan. Add the oil on a medium-high heat. Once the oil is shimmering, crack the eggs into it. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the whites are partially cooked and the edges are becoming crispy. Turn the heat down to medium-low and continue cooking until the whites are cooked through but the yolk is still runny (or cooked to your liking). Season with a pinch of salt.
- Top each pasta bowl with the crispy seaweed, the remaining spring onions and the fried eggs. Squeeze a wedge of lime over each bowl. Dust with the grated parmesan and serve with extra lime wedges.
Nutrition
- 781kcals Calories
- 28.4g (12.3g saturated) Fat
- 7.6g Protein
- 98g (18.8g sugars) Carbs
- 13.4g Fibre
- 2.6g Salt
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