Ingredients
- Meat; Chicken or Shrimp, preferably Shrimp
- Shallots or red onions
- Vegeta in 1/4 cup of cold water (or 1/4 cup salty chicken stock)
- 1 bunch Basil
- Chili flakes
- Cherry Tomatoes
- 4 Garlic Cloves
- 2 Tablespoons of butter (optional)
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil (2)
- Salt (to taste)
- Pepper (to taste)
- 1/4 White dry wine
- thin pasta(Capellini, Vermicelli, Angel Hair Pasta, Bucatini (the best for flavor), or Linguine)
Instructions
- Saute shallots or red onions in olive oil and chili flakes
- In a separate pan, cook pasta at high heat and low water with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of salt
- In the pan with shallots, add crushed, finely chopped, or pressed garlic
- Cut in half cherry tomatoes, and add to the pan with onions, face down, at 5-7 minutes of sautéing onions
- add 1/4 cup white wine (anywhere between 3table spoons and 1/4 cup depending on the acidity you like)
- add 1/4 cup of vegeta + cold water
- Once thickened, add butter
- In 3rd separate pan, add Shrimp or chicken (if no other pan, move the pan w/ shallots to one side, and cook meat/chicken on the other)
- Check on pasta; cook al dente (but closer to soft)
- Add al dente pasta to onion, garlic, and butter; mix the pan
- Add half of the chopped basil
- cook for 1-2 mintues
- Mix all ingredients very slowly
- Let chill for 1-2 minutes
- Add more fresh and chopped basil
= Important ingredient