Pasta with Tuna, Arugula and Hot Pepper
I got this recipe from Elise’s Simply Recipes, one of the food blogs that I follow religiously. It is simple, easy, and requires the minimum amount of ingredients. Just the thing lazy people like me loves the most.
Ingredients:
200 grams fettuccine, spaghetti or linguine
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 large garlic cloves, or more to taste, chopped finely
Generous pinch hot red pepper flakes (since I don’t have any, I substitute it with crushed black pepper)
Half a can of tuna packed in olive oil, drained
150g of baby arugula
Method:
- Cook the pasta in boiling water.
- In the meantime, heat the olive oil in a pan and add in the garlic. Cook until the garlic sizzles.
- Add in the tuna and separate them properly. Season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking in low heat.
- When the pasta cooks, add the drained pasta into the cooked tuna mixture, along with the arugula. Moisten it with leftover water that you boil the pasta with, if it is too dry.
- Toss vigorously and serve immediately. The arugula will wilt in the heat of the pasta.
Surprisingly, this pasta taste good, a little bit creamy with refreshing greens. The tuna smell is not quite apparent, which is a good thing because I am afraid of fishiness. I think I will try with fresh spinach the next time round. Honestly, I have never like arugula as much before, and I never knew that arugula can taste this good.
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