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Lemon Garlic Broccolini Spaghetti
This zesty and easy dinner is ready in under 20 minutes and could not be simpler. It's recipe is vegan, gluten-free and nut-free and can please diners of any age. The Chickapea spaghetti noodles add a variety of nutrients and a healthy twist to the recipe that you can feel good about any night of the week.
Lemon Garlic Broccolini Spaghetti
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Course: Dinner
- Cuisine: Italian
- Servings: 3
Ingredients:
- 1 package Chickapea Spaghetti
- 1 Tbsp salt (for cooking pasta)
- 1/3 cup avocado oil
- 3-4 Tbsp fresh garlic, minced
- 2 large lemons, zest of
- 3 large lemons, juice of
- 1 tsp flaked sea salt (to taste)
Instructions:
- Prepare Chickapea Spaghetti to package specifications (heat 16 cups of water in a large pot over high heat until boiling. Add pasta and 1 Tbsp of salt to the water, decrease heat to maintain a gentle boil. Stir and cook pasta for 7 minutes).
- Meanwhile, wash and trim the broccolini.
- Place the broccolini in a steamer basket with a tight-fitting lid on over boiling water.
- Boil the broccolini for 5 minutes then remove from heat.
- Drain the pasta and rinse with warm water.
- Warm avocado oil in a large frying pan over medium-low heat.
- Add minced garlic to the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes, moving it regularly.
- Transfer drained pasta and steamed broccolini into the frying pan.
- Toss the pasta, and broccolini gently with wooden spoons to coat the ingredients in the garlic oil.
- Fry the noodles, broccolini and garlic over medium heat for roughly 2 minutes, turning them over gently to avoid breaking.
- Add fresh lemon juice, 2/3 of the lemon zest and a pinch of salt and continue to cook for 2-3 more minutes.
- Transfer the pasta to serving plates and top with desired amount of finishing salt and remaining lemon zest over each portion.
- Serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
- Broccoli can be used as a substitute if broccolini isn’t available, but best results will be achieved with broccolini.
- Lemon zest can’t be skipped in this recipe. As the recipe only contains a handful of ingredients, it is important to use fresh lemon juice not store-bought lemon juice, and fresh zest..
- For stronger flavors, use the upper limit of ingredient amounts recommended.