Penne arrabbiata sauce with step by step photos. Pasta in arrabbiata sauce recipe made easily with readily available ingredients.

All pasta lovers out there would have surely tasted penne arrabbiata at least once, for those who do not know, penne arrabbiata or pasta in arrabbita sauce is a delicious pasta dish where boiled pasta is either mixed or served with a very flavorful, delicious and colorful sauce made with tomatoes known as arrabbiata sauce. Some grated cheese is also served over top. It is a very tasty and comforting pasta dish.

I have tasted this penne arrabbiata many times in different places but the one I ate in an Italian buffet a few months back was real show stopper. First of all it was not all red and too much saucy penne arrabbiata (I later came to know there was no added colors or flavors in that). It was very flavorful, tasty with natural sweetness and tang from tomatoes. The best penne arrabbiata I had so far :). I got the recipe from the friendly chef and I have prepared it many times since then.

To make penne arrabbiata recipe, select good ripe tomatoes, if you have fresh basil you can use it for fresh flavors else dried will work too. Make sure you do not over cook the pasta and reserve about 1/2 cup of pasta cooked water (stock).

Here is how to make penne arrabbiata recipe, do try this and I am sure you will love it.

If you are looking for more easy pasta recipes do check white sauce pasta, red sauce pasta, mac n cheese with veggies, masala pasta

Penne arrabbiata recipe with step by step photos:

1. Cook pasta as per package instructions. Drain and reserve about 1/2 cup of water used for cooking pasta. Keep the cooked pasta covered until use.

2. Bring plenty of water to boil. Add the tomatoes to the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes. Drain and peel the tomatoes.

3. Grind the peeled tomatoes either very smooth or a bit chunky as you prefer. Set aside.

4. Heat 3 teaspoons olive oil in a pan. Add crushed chili flakes, garlic and saute well. Add chopped onions and saute till the onion turns slightly brown.

5. Add the tomato puree and mix well. Add salt, dried or fresh basil leaves, pepper powder, sugar and mix well. Cook for 5-7 minutes.

6. Add pasta cooking water and mix well. Cook till the sauce thickens as per your preference.

7. Add the cooked pasta and toss well. Sprinkle grated cheese and serve penne arrabbiata immediately.

To make this vegan just skip the cheese or use vegan cheese.

Penne arrabbiata recipe card below:

Penne arrabiata recipe | pasta in arrabiata sauce recipe Harini Penne arrabiata recipe, tasty and flavorful pasta dish made easily! 5 from 1 vote Print Recipe Pin Recipe Prep Time 15 mins Cook Time 15 mins Total Time 30 mins Course main Cuisine world Servings 3 servings Calories 435 kcal Ingredients 1x 2x 3x 1.25 cup pasta

3 large tomatoes

1 onion finely chopped

1/2 teaspoon pepper powder

1/2 teaspoon chili flakes

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic cloves

Grated parmesan for serving

Salt

3 teaspoons olive oil Instructions Cook pasta as per package instructions. Drain and reserve about 1/2 cup of water used for cooking pasta. Keep the cooked pasta covered until use.

Bring plenty of water to boil. Add the tomatoes to the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes. Drain and peel the tomatoes.

Grind the peeled tomatoes either very smooth or a bit chunky as you prefer. Set aside.

Heat 3 teaspoons olive oil in a pan. Add crushed chili flakes, garlic and saute well. Add chopped onions and saute till the onion turns slightly brown.

Add the tomato puree and mix well. Add salt, dried or fresh basil leaves, pepper powder, sugar and mix well. Cook for 5-7 minutes.

Add pasta cooking water and mix well. Cook till the sauce thickens as per your preference.

Add the cooked pasta and toss well. Sprinkle grated cheese and serve penne arrabiata immediately. Notes 1. Make sure not to over cook the pasta, if over cooked the whole dish will turn mushy.

2. You can add dried past herbs too along with basil.

3. If you do not have parmesan cheese you can just top with normal grated cheese or skip it too. Nutrition Calories: 435 kcal Tried this recipe? Mention cookclickndevou or tag cookclickndevour