How to cook low carb putanesca using soybean noodles
Cooking low carb putanesca is easy!
Pasta is such a comfort food, but if you are watching your carbs, it would be nice to have an alternative noodles to use for your pasta dishes.
Soybean pasta as a low carb noodle substitute
In this recipe, I used soybean noodles as a replacement to whole wheat pasta. The packaging says it is gluten free too so bonus for those who are trying to avoid gluten in their diet.
I usually make this Putanesaca recipe meatless but the mister requested a bit of italian sausage so i did just that. Sharing this simple recipe:
Low Carb Putanesca Recipe
Here are the ingredients for the low carb putanesca recipe:
3 servings of soybean noodles cooked according to package directions (save half a cup of the pasta water for later use)
4-5 pieces of fresh seeded tomatoes chopped or 1 can of sliced tomatoes
1 medium onion chopped
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
Black olives chopped
Italian sausage, sliced
Olive oil
Fresh or dried basil, oregano or rosemary OR if you do not have this try a storebought italian seasoning
Salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese
Optional: chili flakes and basil leaves
Here is a simple procedure in cooking the low carb putanesca:
- Pan fry the sausage in olive oil. Set aside.
- In the same pan, saute onion and garlic. Add the diced tomatoes. If using fresh tomatoes add 1/2 cup of pasta water, if canned just add 1/4.
- Bring to a boil and let it simmer a bit.
- Season with the herbs, salt and pepper. Adjust seasoning to your liking.
- Add the sausage and then the sliced black olives
- Add a handful of grated parmesan cheese.
- Add in the noodles and turn off heat after one minute.
- Serve with more parmesan cheese, chili flakes and if you happen to have fresh basil (i don’t😁) add some on top! Enjoy!
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