How to make the best SPAGHETTI AGLIO e OLIO ever – Quick, easy and delicious!

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and lower in calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is heart-healthy.

Bring water to a boil in a large pot.

Add salt to the boiling water.

Cook spaghetti in boiling salted water for half the time indicated on the package.

While the spaghetti is cooking, pour olive oil into a pan.

Add garlic and parsley stems to the oil and let them sizzle until golden, then discard them.

Grate garlic directly into the pan with the oil.

Add dried chili pepper to the pan.

To prevent the garlic from burning, add a ladle of pasta cooking water and a pinch of salt to the pan.

Add finely chopped parsley to the pan for freshness.

When the pasta is halfway cooked, drain it directly into the pan with the sauce, saving some cooking water.

Finish cooking the pasta in the pan, adding more cooking water as needed, like a risotto.

Once the pasta is fully cooked, toss it gently with a generous drizzle of high-quality raw olive oil and some fresh parsley.

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