Garlic Pasta With Broccoli
Simple yet delicious 20-minute Garlic Pasta with Broccoli is a quick family-friendly dinner made with shell pasta, broccoli, garlic and oil. It's a recipe with a mild taste, easy ingredients and quick preparation that makes a tasty side dish or meatless dinner
Equipment
Ingredients
- 12 oz medium pasta shells, or other short pasta
- ½ head broccoli, fresh or frozen
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 4 large garlic cloves, crushed
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- parmesan cheese, for serving
Instructions
- Over high heat, bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Add the pasta. Cook for the time according to the package instructions and your preference for pasta tenderness.
- When there are 7 minutes of cook time left, add the chopped broccoli to the pot of pasta. When broccoli and pasta are cooked, turn off the heat and drain, reserving about a cup of pasta water. Set the pasta and broccoli aside.
- Add the extra virgin olive oil to the same pot and cook the crushed garlic over medium heat in the oil for 2 minutes, stirring often. Turn off the heat and add the pasta and broccoli back to the pot.
- Season with salt and pepper. Serve sprinkled with parmesan cheese.
Notes
Storing: pasta with broccoli and garlic can be kept for up to 5 days in the fridge in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Serving: 5ozCalories: 585kcalCarbohydrates: 70gProtein: 13gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gSodium: 322mgPotassium: 444mgFiber: 5gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 474IUVitamin C: 69mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 2mg
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