Spaghetti aglio e olio is one of the simplest and easiest weeknight dinner recipe I have got for you. All you need is 4 Basic pantry Ingredients  & 20 Minutes at hand. { VEGAN }

We love really simple and under 30 minutes food at home!! Even though we do meal preparations for the week, sometimes its all about quick and instant food.  This spaghetti aglio olio has just 4 essential ingredients { Fresh Garlic, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Parsley and Chilli flakes }, apart from spaghetti off-course and together they make the most delicious pasta sauce you can imagine { even without the cream }!

What is  Spaghetti aglio e olio?

Spaghetti aglio olio is a traditional Italian recipe made with Fresh garlic (aglio) , good extra virgin oil  (olio), parsley { dried or fresh } & chilli flakes. It is originally a vegan dish that uses just 3 ingredients nah 4 ingredients.

We have been stirring up this quickest pasta with garlic and olive oil at least once a week and its really surprising I do not have a single recipe on my blog yet.

Bah…Never-mind, It’s really high time I share this easy peasy One Pot Vegetarian Spaghetti aglio olio recipe with you.

Before the instant pot bug caught us at home, I would make aglio olio pasta in the conventional way.

HOW TO MAKE spaghettini aglio olio traditionally?

Simply cook your spaghetti in salted water until al-dente.

Add finely sliced garlic olive oil in a cold skillet and place them on medium heat. Allow them to sizzle and slowly turn brown.

At this stage, add a generous pinch of red pepper flakes, (dried or fresh )parsley & stir.

Add the drained pasta to the garlic infused oil and toss well. At this stage, if you enjoy add some parmesan or cheddar cheese and mix. This is totally optional.

Garnish spaghettini aglio olio with some more fresh chopped parsley and serve hot.

WHY COOK SPAGHETTINI AGLIO E OLIO IN INSTANT POT?

IP bug has caught us at home big time and we are all in favour of One-Pot Spaghetti meals at home. Basically, one pot meals also mean something simple, no fuss and less washing up of the dishes. 

Our weekday schedules are chock-a-block right till the dinner time and I love really easy, quick meals at that time. It could even be a Vegetable Pilav rice or Arabiatta Pasta or Lentil Tortilla Soup.  As a mum, the key point is to make some simple, lovable and easily available ingredients from the pantry. And I want to see polished bowls at dinner time. What say?

Cooking up Instant Pot spaghetti aglio olio means 

No Baby sitting needed

Just One Pot for Cooking

Dump & start 

Ready in 20 minutes 

Less washing up 

Happy Family

I would call this easy Pasta recipe as the ultimate Vegan Spaghetti Aglio Olio. Pasta aglio e olio  is good to go as it is and adding Parmesan or Cheddar Cheese is totally ones choice for more flavours. My kids love this spaghetti tossed with lots of cheese and a dollop of butter too. 

TIPS TO MAKE THE SIMPLEST SPAGHETTI AGLIO E OLIO

Remember to gather all the ingredients first, before you start making.

Any Pasta literally works for making aglio e olio, but we love using spaghetti in particular for this recipe.  Changing the type of pasta means, cooking time may also vary. Below mentioned cooking time is just an estimate and it could change slightly depending on the altitude.

Serve them hot!  Though this pasta does not get sticky much, its tastes amazing when it is hot.

Do not add all the cheese until you are ready to eat. Pasta tends to get sticky afterwards when they are cold. So the best thing would be to add majority of the portion of your favourite cheese to aglio olio just before enjoying the meal.

Use Tongs – Once you open the Instant Pot, remember to use your tongs and gently mix the spaghetti. If any water is left in pan, it will get absorbed with time.  I hardly had very little water left !

Saute – Only If you have more than required water left in your pot, switch on the saute mode and allow the sauce to cook up for 1 minute.

I would call this Spaghetti Aglio e olio as the simplest and easiest pasta weeknight dinners that requires just 4 basic ingredients and 20 minutes.

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Simplest SPAGHETTI AGLIO OLIO

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

I call this Spaghetti Aglio e olio as the simplest and easiest pasta weeknight dinners that requires just 4 basic ingredients and 20 minutes.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 3 People

Author: Sandhya Hariharan

Ingredients

• 14 oz Spaghetti { 400g }
• 2.25  Cups Water
• Generous pinch Red Pepper Chilli Flakes or Italian Peperoncino
• 1 Tbsp Dried Parsley
• 4 Cloves Garlic thinly sliced
• 1/4 Cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese Optional
• 3 Tbsp Fresh flat leaf Parsley finely chopped

Instructions

1. Break the Spaghetti bundle into two halves. This allows them to submerge comfortably into the cooking liquids.
2. To the cold inner pot of Instant Pot add Olive Oil and garlic. Press Sauté mode on the IP and allow them to slowly come to heat and turn brown. This takes about 3-4 minutes.
3. Add Red Pepper flakes and press the cancel mode on the IP.
4. Add the halved spaghetti, water, parsley and salt to taste. Secure the lid, seal the valve and pressure cook HIGH for 5 minutes. Natural Pressure release the steam valve after 5 minutes.
5. Open the lid after the valve drops and carefully stir the pasta with the tongs. There is a high possibility some of the pasta might stick to each other and there could be some water left.
6. I hardly had very little water left which was absorbed as I tossed the pasta.
7. Season with more salt if needed. Add parmesan cheese if you fancy and finish it off with fresh parsley.
8. Serve spaghetti aglio olio with crusted garlic bread or salad.

Recipe Notes

If you enjoy a spicer aglio olio add a good tablespoon of red pepper flakes. For a butter flavour - replace half the olive oil with unsalted butter Add a generous portion - approximately 1/2 Cup  Parmesan Cheese or Cheddar Cheese for the cheesy kick.