Recipe: Spicy Kani Linguine

Posted by FrugalPinoy on Apr 6, 2009 in Food | 1 comment

 

My partner and I celebrated our 29th monthsary the other day, which called for a romantic dinner for two. She was craving a cream-based pasta with crab sticks, so she “invented” the Spicy Kani Linguine, which ended up being really, really good. I’m posting the recipe here as it’s a relatively cheap dish that is easy to prepare.

This recipe serves 2 to 3 people.

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• half a pack of kani/crab sticks – Cost: P42.50 (a whole pack costs P7o to P85)
• 100 grams Mushrooms – Cost: P30
• 200 grams of linguine – Cost: P28 (P60 to P70 for a 500 gram pack)
• 250 ml cream – Cost: P37
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 3 to 4 pieces of red chili peppers – Cost: Free from garden
• garlic
• salt and pepper
• parsley – I got this free from my garden as well.

Remember that you can change the quantities of the mushrooms, pasta, and crab sticks based on your preference.

Estimated total cost of meal: P140 to P260. Not bad, considering that pasta dishes for 2-3 people can cost more in restaurants.

Directions:

1. Boil the pasta in water with oil and salt.
2. Mince the garlic and slice the kani sticks crosswise.
3. Saute the garlic, butter, and  chopped kani in 1 tablespoon of butter. Set aside.
4. Finely chop the red chili peppers.
5. Heat the cream in a sauce pan and gradually mix the remaining butter in. Throw in the chopped chili peppers. Salt and pepper the sauce according to your taste.
6. When the pasta is done, mix it in with the cream sauce and the sauteed mushrooms and kani. Top the dish with chopped parsley.

Notes:

• The mushrooms and kani are sauteed separately and then thrown in with the pasta in the end to avoid the dish from tasting too monotonous. If you throw in the kani too early into the sauce, the seafood taste will dominate the sauce, making the dish predictable and flat.
• If the cream sauce tastes too sweet, add a bit more butter until it has the “saltiness” you need.