Lemon Pasta with Sardines and Breadcrumbs
This easy pasta recipe is light and refreshing but also deeply flavorful and satisfying!
Servings: 3
Ingredients
Garlic Breadcrumb Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil from Sardine Tin or use about 2 tbsp EVOO
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
- 2/3 cup Panko Breadcrumbs
- Kosher Salt & Black Pepper to taste
Pasta Ingredients
- 8 oz Linguine or any long pasta shape; reserve 1 cup of pasta water
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Shallot minced
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
- 1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes use more or less based on spice preference
- 1 tablespoon White Miso
- 1 tin Sardines I used Fishwife Preserved Lemon Sardines
- 2 tablespoon Capers
- Black Pepper to taste
- 1 Lemon zest and juice (additional to serve)
- Fresh Parsley optional (to serve)
- Seaweed Sambal Chili Crunch optional (to serve); sub with any chili crunch
Instructions
Garlic Breadcrumbs
- Heat the oil from the tin of sardines or about 2 tbsp of regular EVOO over medium heat in a large-high rimmed pan. Add 2 cloves of minced garlic and cook 30 seconds, stirring often.
- Add panko breadcrumbs and stir to combine. Cook for about 5 minutes then season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes or until the breadcrumbs are deeply golden. Make sure to stir very often to ensure the breadcrumbs don't burn. Set aside to a plate for serving. Wipe out the pan.
Pasta
- Cook pasta according to package instructions in salted water. Make sure to reserve about 1 cup of pasta water.
- Meanwhile, in the wiped out breadcrumb pan, heat another 1 tbsp of EVOO over medium heat. Add the shallot and cook 3 minutes, stirring often. Add 2 more cloves of minced garlic, red pepper flakes, and the white miso. Stir to combine.
- Add the tin of sardines. Break up the sardines with a wooden spoon and stir to combine. Add the capers and season to taste with black pepper. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the zest of 1 lemon and 1/2 cup of hot pasta water. Simmer for a minute then add the juice of 1/2 a lemon.
- Transfer over the cooked linguine to the pot. Pour in additional pasta water as needed and stir to combine everything together well.
- Divide the pasta among bowls and top with the set aside breadcrumbs. Top with additional lemon juice, fresh parsley, and Seaweed Sambal Chili Crunch as desired.
Video
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Nutrition
Calories: 579kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 597mg | Potassium: 474mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 226mg | Iron: 4mg
