Kenji's Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles... With 20 Cloves of Garlic | NYT Cooking

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is lower in saturated fat.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

Start with water in a skillet and bring it to a boil.

Prepare 20 cloves of garlic by roughly chopping them and adding a pinch of salt to help grind them down.

Use a mortar and pestle to crush the garlic to release more flavor.

Melt butter in the skillet over medium heat without letting it brown.

Add the crushed garlic to the melted butter and cook until fragrant, being careful not to brown it.

Add soy sauce, fish sauce, and oyster sauce to the skillet with the garlic and butter mixture.

Cook spaghetti in the boiling water in the skillet, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.

Once the spaghetti is al dente, lift it out with tongs, keeping some pasta water with it.

Add the spaghetti directly to the skillet with the sauce and garlic mixture without draining it.

Stir to coat the spaghetti in the sauce, adjusting the consistency with reserved pasta water as needed.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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