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.
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Quick and Easy Bucatini all’Amatriciana
Ingredients
Instructions
Courtney says
Do you drain the can of tomatoes before you add it?
bakerbynature says
Hi Courtney! All of the tomatoes go in, juices and all 🙂
Debbie says
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.
bakerbynature says
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
Amy @ Elephant Eats says
Mmmm, this looks so good. I can ALWAYS go for a big bowl of pasta. Also, isn’t bucatini the best pasta ever?!
bakerbynature says
OMG YES! We just got back from Rome and are now bucatini obsessed!!!
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
I so agree, this is the ultimate comfort dish! What could be better than pasta?!
bakerbynature says
Nothing beats pasta 😉
Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! This is perfection
bakerbynature says
Awww thanks, Liz! Come over for dinner soon?
Tieghan Gerard says
Dude, I was in love after the first photo. So my kind of pasta!
bakerbynature says
Thank you girly!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
THIS PASTA-it looks sooooo gooood! Comforting and simplicity at their finest!
bakerbynature says
Thank you lovely! I knew you’d love this one 😉
Kristine @ Kristine's Kitchen says
This looks wonderful! I was just looking for a new pasta recipe to try this week and I think I just found it. 🙂
bakerbynature says
Yaaaay! I hope you love it… I think// know you will 😉
Baby June says
Looks delicious! I love a good easy pasta dish, will have to try this one sometime soon! 🙂
Librarian Lavender says
I love simple food prepared with good ingredients so it will taste deliciously. Great recipe!