15-min. Easy Kimchi Cream Pasta
Chewy pasta noodles tossed in the most insanely delicious kimchi cream sauce with cheese and pork belly! This quick and easy kimchi cream pasta is ready in 15 minutes with simple ingredients. A great meal or main dish for the kimchi-lovers!
Ingredients
- 4.05 oz spaghetti or spaghettini/linguine/fettucine
- ½ cup pork belly or uncured bacon, chopped
- ¾ cup heavy cream or whipping cream or 18% table cream for a low calorie version
- ⅓ cup kimchi chopped
- ¼ cup onion sliced
- ⅓ cup parmigiano reggiano or grana padano or pecorino romano, grated
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt to season pasta water
Instructions
- First bring a large pot filled with water to boil on medium-high heat and season with salt. Then add spaghetti pasta and boil until al dente to package directions, about 8-9 minutes. Next reserve 3 tablespoon or 45 ml hot pasta water.
- Strain cooked pasta in a colander.
- Heat a large pan on medium heat, fry pork belly until cooked for about 1 minute. Add onions and sauté until translucent.
- Add kimchi and sauté for 1 minute or until juices release.
- Reduce to medium-low heat, stir in cream and simmer until thickened. Once thickened, mix in hot pasta water.
- Toss in cooked pasta. Lastly, season with black pepper. Mix in grated parmigiano reggiano and garnish with more cheese to enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 909kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 70g | Saturated Fat: 35g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Cholesterol: 157mg | Sodium: 1578mg | Potassium: 401mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1488IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 287mg | Iron: 2mg