How To Make Vegan Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Want a sumptuous meal using just the basics? Hop on this light vegan spaghetti dish laced with olives and capers to transform your night into a banger.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Puttanesca Sauce:
- 28ozchunky tomato sauce,1 large can, or diced tomatoes
- ⅓cupKalamata olives,chopped
- ⅓cupcapers
- 1tbspKalamata olive brine,from jar of olives
- 1tbspcaper brine,from jar of capers
- 3garlic cloves,pressed or minced
- ¼tspred pepper flakes
- 1tbspolive oil
- ½cupfresh parsley leaves,chopped, divided
- freshly ground black pepper
- salt,if necessary
For Everything Else:
- 8ozwhole grain spaghetti,or an equivalent combination of spaghetti and zucchini noodles
Instructions
Puttanesca Sauce:
-
In a medium saucepan, combine the tomato sauce, olives, capers, olive bring, caper brine, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring often, for 20 minutes.
-
Remove the sauce from heat, and stir in the olive oil and almost all of the chopped parsley, reserving some to sprinkle on the finished bowls.
-
Season to taste with freshly ground black pepper and salt, if necessary.
-
While the sauce cooks, bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook your spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and return it to the pot.
Vegan Spaghetti alla Puttanesca:
-
If you’re adding zucchini noodles, spiralize the zucchini with a spiralizer, or turn the zucchini into noodles with a julienne peeler, or grate the zucchini the long way on a large box grater.
-
Once all of your components are ready, pour the sauce over the pasta and stir to combine.
-
Stir in the zucchini noodles, if using. If there are leftovers, store extra zucchini noodles separately, as they leech water once they come into contact with salty ingredients.
-
Divide into individual bowls and top each bowl with a light sprinkle of parsley. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 314.67kcal
- Fat: 6.47g
- Saturated Fat: 0.95g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.74g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.10g
- Carbohydrates: 56.19g
- Fiber: 6.19g
- Sugar: 8.75g
- Protein: 10.67g
- Sodium: 1366.38mg
- Calcium: 75.24mg
- Potassium: 785.61mg
- Iron: 3.92mg
- Vitamin A: 79.72µg
- Vitamin C: 25.29mg
Was this page helpful?
Have your own special recipe to share? Submit Your Recipe Today!