Yield: 2 servings (25% less than normal serving per person)
Ingredients
- 6 okra
- 3 slices or 2 oz. (60 g) bacon, chopped in a half-inch wide slices
- 1/2 tomato, diced to 3/4 inch
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp red pepper powder
- 1 tbsp (14 g) butter
- 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 dash salt
- 150 g or 2 servings spaghetti noodles
- salt to clean okra
- salt to boil spaghetti
- Scrub okra with salt and rinse.
- Slice the okra in diagonal in 3/4 inch widths, discarding the stem end.
- Boil the spaghetti in boiling water containing 2 tsp. salt per litter, for 1 less minute than the duration listen on the package.
- In a large skillet, add olive oil, garlic and red pepper. Heat to low medium until the garlic turns fragrant.
- Add okra, bacon, tomato to the skillet.
- When cooked, drain the hot water from the spaghetti, saving 1/3 cup of cooking water.
- Bring the skillet heat to medium-high and add butter and soy sauce, stirring for 5 seconds, then add spaghetti, stirring continuously.
- Add the saved hot water to the skillet, add a dash of salt, cook until most hot water is gone.
- Serve immediately.