How to cook Low-Carb Putanesca

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:

1. Pan fry the sausage in olive oil. Set aside. 
2. 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.
3. Bring to a boil and let it simmer a bit. 
4. Season with the herbs, salt and pepper. Adjust seasoning to your liking. 
5. Add the sausage and then the sliced black olives
6.  Add a handful of grated parmesan cheese. 
7. Add in the noodles and turn off heat after one minute. 
8. 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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