Popular Japanese pasta dish with spicy cod roe, butter, and a savory, slightly spicy flavor.
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Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp salt
- oz spaghetti (dried)
- 2 green onions (only green part)
- 1/4 cup Mentaiko cod roe (plus 2 Tbsp for topping)
- 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 3 Tbsp pasta cooking water
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Cook spaghetti in a large pot of boiling water (about 3 quarts or 3 L) with 1 Tbsp salt. Time according to the pasta package.
- Meanwhile prepare other ingredients. Slice green onions very thinly.
- Remove the thin skin of Mentaiko by making a small cut and pressing or squeezing roe out with a knife or hand.
- In a large bowl, add 1/4 cup of loose Mentaiko soy sauce, butter, pasta cooking water, and lemon juice, and mix well.
- Add strained hot spaghetti to the sauce and mix. Place spaghetti on a plate and put sliced green onion and Mentaiko on top.