I don't normally cook during weekdays and today is exceptionally cold so I came back home... hungry and still cold. So, I need food, good food, and fast! It's logical, yeah? LOL Minimal washing is a must and must be cook less than 10 min. If you happen to see the cute, small, and colorful bell peppers, do try them out because they're crunchy and sweet! Honestly, I don't really fancy bacon because it turns tough when it's cold and sometimes it's way to salty to my liking. But bacon works very well to bring out the sweetness of the peppers.
What you need for 2 people:
1 pack small bell peppers (usually they mix the color, mine just happen to have lots of orange)
8 strips of bacon, sliced into strips
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
dried chili
your choice of pasta about 150-200gr (I use full wheat spaghetti)
How to:
1. Heat up the pan and add on the most fatty part of the bacon strips and stir fry it until the your pan coated with the fats (yeah! good stuff!). Then add on dried chili and garlic, add on little bit of oil if you feel the bacon fats is not enough. Cook until the garlic is golden brown.
2. Add on the bell peppers. Stir fry until half cooked then add the rest of the bacon and close the lid for about 3 minutes.
3. Take out the lid and add on the pasta. The pasta should absorb most of the liquid leftover when you take out the liquid almost immediately. So by the time you're done, which should be very fast, you have a pasta that's not too dry but also not too wet, just nice!
Hold on:
Q: what about the seasoning?
A: why do I need salt if the bacon already take care of that part? And the friend, pepper is already optional because dried chili already takes care of its job. :)
Note: 50gr of dried pasta yield to 100gr of cooked pasta... interesting? hehehe...
Enjoy!
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