Easy Spanish Sardines Pasta Recipe

canned sardines

🥗Healthier: canned mackerel

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned mackerel offers similar health benefits with a different flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Boil 1.5 liters of water in a large pot and add salt.

Cook 300 grams of spaghetti pasta according to package instructions until al dente.

While pasta cooks, heat cooking oil in a skillet over medium heat until shimmering.

Add minced 3 cloves of garlic and chopped 1 piece of onion to the skillet; sauté until fragrant and translucent.

Add 4 pieces of chopped tomato and cook until softened.

Add 240 grams of Spanish sardines, breaking them apart gently, and cook until heated through.

Drain the pasta, reserving some pasta water, and add it to the skillet.

Toss the pasta with the sardine mixture, adding reserved pasta water as needed to create a sauce.

Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

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