Peri-peri Pasta (with bacon and oyster mushrooms)

One of the simplest dishes, this Peri Peri Pasta with bacon and oyster mushrooms is bound to be a big hit with your children. The star ingredient is the peri peri sauce from Nando’s which adds a delicious, flavourful punch. The bacon and mushrooms make this dish so moreish that you want to have seconds for sure.

I have fallen in love with the Nando’s peri-peri sauces! Now that’s an understatement – it is more like an obsession, wanting to add the different sauces to just about anything I cook.

The first time I tasted Nando’s was after coming to Australia. But later got to hear that a Nando’s outlet opened in Chennai (Tamil Nadu, India) for the first time the month we flew to Oz land. Of all the different dishes that I have tasted in Nando’s, my all-time favourite is the corn on the cob smothered with the hot peri-peri sauce. Spicy sweetness in one bite – touching heaven’s doors! (as one of my classmates would put it)

Now, my pantry is always stocked with the different peri-peri sauces which I use to re-create many traditional meat dishes. Here I went overboard and used it to make this Peri Peri Pasta. This is not one for the mild-hearted; it is spicy but not overpowering to burn your taste buds. Bacon and oyster mushrooms were a good choice as both are meaty and great for soaking up the sauce.

Here are five easy pasta recipes that are brilliant to feed the family on busy worknights…

Penne in Tomato Vodka Sauce

Pasta with Spinach and Goat’s Cheese

Pasta with Kale, Bacon, Mushrooms

Penne with Tuna

Pasta Fantastico with Prawns, Snow Peas

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Peri-peri Pasta (with bacon and oyster mushrooms)

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Pasta

Ingredients

• Pasta any type – 2 cups
• Oyster mushrooms – 1 cup diced
• Bacon – 6 rashers cut into small pieces
• Red onion – 1 small diced
• Tomato – 1 small deseeded, diced
• Basil – 4-5 leaves
• Nando’s hot peri-peri sauce – to individual preferences
• Salt – to taste
• Olive oil – 4-5 tbsp
• Dried basil – for garnish

Instructions

• Cook pasta in salted boiling water, drain and keep aside.
• In a pan, heat olive oil and fry the bacon. Add diced onions and sauté on high heat.
• Next, add oyster mushrooms and sauté till soft.
• Add tomatoes, season with salt and toss well to combine.
• Next add the peri-peri sauce and the pasta; toss again to combine well.
• Serve warm garnished with dried basil.