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Easiest, tastiest, you’re-so-gonna-fall-in-love-with-this meal —————> RIGHT HERE. Right now. All for you. Let’s do this!
This right here is simple, comfort food at it’s best! I’m a huge fan of simple food. Ahem, let me correct myself. I am a huge fan of simple, FLAVORFUL food. Food that is easy to make// food that is easy to clean up// food that simply serves you with a hearty dose of HELLO, WORLD fabulous flavor. This quick and easy Bucatini all’Amatriciana is just that…!
The base of this sauce is bacon. Lots and lots of BACON! That’s where the dish gets its massively awesome flavor from, so please trust me when I say you don’t want to cut this part out. It literally makes the dish 😉
The rest of the sauce consists of onion, garlic, a kiss of butter, and just a touch of crushed red pepper flakes. Oh! And tomatoes, of course. There’s a whole can of crushed tomatoes in there.
The sauce only needs about 25 minutes to simmer, so I suggest starting your pasta a few minutes after you put the finishing touches on the sauce. That way they both finish around the same time. The pasta, btw, is bucatini. And it’s equally fun to eat and say. C was running around the house shouting bucatini-BUCATINI-b-u-c-a-t-i-n-i all last night… I swear, sometimes living with a grown man is like owning a giant 2-year-old.
When your pasta is cooked to al dente perfection (I actually recommend pulling it out of the water even before it’s al dente, but I like a good snap to my pasta…) you’ll simply add it to the sauce, stir like crazy to coat every strand, and step back to admire your bucatini masterpiece! Also, your kitchen will be smelling crazy good. Expect people to have wandered in… I always fight them off with a wooden spoon. Cook gets the first bowl! Sluuuuuurp.
Looking for some other great pasta dishes? I’ve got you covered!
Quick and Easy Bucatini all’Amatriciana
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I love simple food prepared with good ingredients so it will taste deliciously. Great recipe!
Looks delicious! I love a good easy pasta dish, will have to try this one sometime soon! 🙂
This looks wonderful! I was just looking for a new pasta recipe to try this week and I think I just found it. 🙂
Yaaaay! I hope you love it… I think// know you will 😉
THIS PASTA-it looks sooooo gooood! Comforting and simplicity at their finest!
Thank you lovely! I knew you’d love this one 😉
Dude, I was in love after the first photo. So my kind of pasta!
Thank you girly!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! This is perfection
Awww thanks, Liz! Come over for dinner soon?
I so agree, this is the ultimate comfort dish! What could be better than pasta?!
Nothing beats pasta 😉
Mmmm, this looks so good. I can ALWAYS go for a big bowl of pasta. Also, isn’t bucatini the best pasta ever?!
OMG YES! We just got back from Rome and are now bucatini obsessed!!!
Hi: I want to make this for some friends for lunch. It looks very good. However, I have two questions. First, the list of ingredients calls for butter, yet I do not see where it is added in the recipe. Second, after cooking the bacon, do I drain any of the fat from the pan before proceeding? Thanks.
Hi Debbie! What lucky friends you have! This will make a memorable lunch, for sure 🙂
To address your questions:
1) The butter is the very last thing to get swirled into the pasta before serving
2)You don’t drain any of the bacon fat. It adds a wonderful smokey flavor essential to the dish.
Please let me know how it turns out! xoxo
Do you drain the can of tomatoes before you add it?
Hi Courtney! All of the tomatoes go in, juices and all 🙂
Most likely making this tomorrow with my homemade bucatini! I’m so excited!
I was wondering if you can use any type of red wine? I just so happened to have a red wine on hand and I’m hoping I can just use that.
Hi Jessica. What kind of red is it? Typically any red will work in cooking, but the flavor will come through, so make sure you enjoy the taste 😉
Do you think it would be okay to substitute balsamic vinegar for the red wine?
Looks delicious! Is there a kind of wine you most recommend ?
looks delish, but I’ve gone thru several times and am not finding the recipe for the bucatini dish.
This is a family favorite. I’ve been making it since I was starving while training for a marathon In 2016. It has since made its way into rotation. Bacon grease be damned. This dish is out of this world! Thanks! I Should buy bucatini in bulk and it’s a good excuse to open a nice bottle of red!