Amatriciana

A co-worker of mine made this a few years ago, and I promptly went home and searched for a recipe. After making it a few times, I made a few adjustments and here is the perfected recipe:

8 slices bacon, diced
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
2 (14.5 oz) stewed tomatoes
1 pound spaghetti, fettucine, or linguini noodles
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil

Cook bacon over med-high heat in a saucepan, until crisp (just a few minutes). Pour out excess grease, but leave about 2 tbsp in the pan (don't forget to save that bacon grease for other uses!). Add garlic and red pepper flakes to the pan and cook for one minutes, stirring. Add entire contents of both cans of tomatoes, turn heat down to medium and heat, breaking up the tomatoes for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the pasta, al dente and drain. Stir the basil into the tomato sauce, then toss with the pasta.


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