Spaghetti with Spicy Seafood

spaghetti with spicy seafood

This is Thai style spaghetti with seafood. Salty, savoury and very, very special.

Ingredients

  • 250 g spaghetti 

  • 200 g shrimp

  • 300 g squid

  • 4 cloves garlic

  • 100 g baby corn

  • Fresh chili as much as you would like

  • A handful stems of fresh green peppercorns

  • A handful finger root

  • A handful basil

  • 3 tsp soy sauce

  • 1 tsp fish sauce

  • 3 tbsp oyster sauce 

  • 1 tsp sugar

  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil

  • 30 ml spaghetti cooking liquid

Prepare

  1. Garlic and chili, roughly chopped.

  2. Peeled and deveined shrimp.

  3. Washed and cut into bite size pieces squid.

  4. Finely sliced  finger root.

  5. Cut into bite size pieces stems of fresh green peppercorns.

  6. Cut the baby corn into 1-inch (2.5-cm) diagonals.

  7. Pluck the basil leaves off the stems.

PREP TIME : 10 minutes

COOKING TIME :  15minutes

YIELD4 people

 

spaghetti with spicy seafood

directions

  1. Heat a large pot of salted water over high heat. When boiling rapidly, add the spaghetti and cook until al dente. When the pasta is al dente, reserve 30 ml of the spaghetti cooking liquid.

  2. In the meantime, in a wok or large frying pan over high heat, add the oil. Once the oil is hot add the garlic and chili then stir until fragrant . Then add shrimp, squid and baby corn and stir until the sea food is 50% cooked. Now add soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce and sugar. Stir and simmer for 2 minutes or until the sauce is well combined and thickened slightly. 

  3. Now add the pasta straight into the pan with the sauce. Pour over the reserved spaghetti water. Use tongs to stir and toss the spaghetti in the sauce for 2-3 minutes or until the sauce is thick. Add the fresh peppercorn, finger root and basil and stir until well combined. Divide among serving plates. 

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