Pasta dishes
Spaghetti with garlic and sambal oelek
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This dish is the best proof that it often doesn't need many ingredients. Garlic, a little spiciness and good oil are all you need here if you want to quickly put something with character on your plate.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 5 minutes
- Cooking time: approx. 10 minutes
- Total: approx. 15 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 2 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 505 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 12.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 69.1 g
- Fat
- ≈ 18.7 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 3 cloves of garlic · ≈ 9.0 g
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil · ≈ 34.12 g
- 1 tsp sambal oelek · ≈ 5 g
The midpoint was used for quantity ranges.
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 200g spaghetti
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sambal oelek
- 1 small ladle of pasta water
- Salt
- optional: freshly grated Parmesan
- optional: parsley
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti in plenty of salted water until al dente.
- Chop garlic finely.
- Heat the olive oil in a pan and briefly sweat the garlic over a mild heat.
- Stir in sambal oelek and add 1 small ladle of pasta water.
- Drain the spaghetti, add it directly to the pan and mix everything well.
- Serve with Parmesan and some parsley if desired.
