Easy 15min Pasta Meal: Gochujang Bacon Pasta

In my Asian household, gochujang is ALWAYS available. So one night when I ran out of ingredients, I whipped this pasta dinner up in just 15 minutes and was amazed by the results. Gochujang bacon pasta has the creamy flavors of a vodka sauce, and the texture of a carbonara without the dairy. I mean who can resist?!! Here’s how to make it ⬇⬇⬇

Ingredients

• 1 shallot diced

• 2-3 garlic cloves, diced

• 4 slices of bacon, sliced into 1 inch pieces

• 1/4 cup white wine

• 1.5 tbsp of Gochujang

• 1/4 cup oat milk or heavy cream

• Pinch of salt

• Two servings of pasta

• Save 1/4 cup pasta water

• 1 tbsp butter

• Pepper, Parmesan, and parsley to serve

Instructions

• Cook the bacon until it’s to the crisp level of your liking

• In the meantime cook the pasta according to package instructions

• Remove bacon from the pan and drain the oil, leaving a little bit for the shallot and garlic

• Cook the shallot and garlic till translucent, then deglaze with white wine and add in Gochujang and a pinch of salt

• Stir the gochujang paste into the wine and when it’s starting to thicken again, slowly stream in the oat milk

• Stir well and then toss in the cooked pasta with 1/4 cup of pasta water

• Add the butter, some Parmesan, and the bacon as your tossing the pasta

• Serve with more bacon crumbles, Parmesan, and parsley