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Rape Blossom (Nanohana) Sio Koji Spaghetti Aglio E Olio

by Vegin Vegan Vegun!
Here's a recipe for Shio Koji Peperoncino noodles with rape blossoms. If you have fresh rape blossoms on hand, how about a quick boil with pasta for a tasty noodle lunch? Add the Shio Koji Peperoncino Sauce and you've got a surprisingly simple but excellent rape blossoms pasta dish. This is a luxurious dish that's only available in spring.
This dish is for two people, each with 50 grams of spaghetti, so it's a pretty small portion. If you usually eat a 100g portion of pasta alone, this would be for one person.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course pasta
Cuisine Fusion
Servings 2 people

Equipment

  • frying pan
  • cooking chopsticks
  • pot
  • colander
  • Kitchen knife
  • Cutting board

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g rape blossoms Increase/decrease as desired
  • 50 g soybeans Increase/decrease as desired

Sauce

  • 2 teaspoon shio koji
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic
  • ½ chili pepper
  • pasta water one ladle

Boil Pasta

  • 100 g spaghettie
  • 1 L water
  • 8 g salt

Instructions
 

  • Prep❶: Wash and cut rape blossoms into bite-sized pieces. Finely chop the garlic, cut the chili peppers into appropriate sizes, and lightly crush the soybeans with the belly of a knife.
    *If the rape blossoms are limp, soak them in water for a while to crisp them up.
  • Prep➋: Bring a pot of water to the boil, add salt and cook the pasta.
    *About 1 minute before boiling, add the rape blossoms and cook together.
    *It is also better to boil the rape blossoms long with the stems first (a minute) and short with the tips(30 seconds), so that the texture would be about the same.
    100 g spaghettie, 1 L water, 8 g salt, 100 g rape blossoms
  • Make the sauce: While the pasta is cooking, prepare the sauce. In a frying pan, heat the olive oil, garlic, and chili peppers. Cook until the garlic is lightly browned, careful not to burn it. When browned, add the shio koji and turn off the heat.
    2 teaspoon shio koji, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 clove garlic, ½ chili pepper
  • Add the pasta water: When the pasta water becomes cloudy, add a ladleful of the pasta water to the pan. Reheat and cook until the sauce thickens.
    pasta water
  • Toss: Once the pasta and the rape blossoms are cooked, transfer to a frying pan and toss with the sauce. Add the soybeans and mix, season with shio koji or salt to taste and serve immediately. Clean up later and serve while it is hot!
    50 g soybeans
Keyword sio koji, spring