Spaghetti Stir Fried with Hotate Scallop and Bacon

I miss the bacon and scallop combo (texture and flavour) !!!

When it comes to spaghetti, it is always a simple an versatile dish which can be done in less than 30 min from prep to table. For this post, im going to show you a simple spaghetti in stir fried style which i think most of us are very familiar with.

For 2 pax ingredients:

• Frozen Hotate Scallop ................. half pack
• Pork Bacon Chunks..................... half pack
• Spaghetti ..................................... 200 g
• Sweet Onion.................................1 halfed and sliced
• Oil (pref plant base) ..................... 2 tbsp
• Garlic .......................................... 3 cloves
• Bay Leaf ..................................... 1
• Dried Thyme................................ 1 tea spoon
• Salt .............................................. Liking Amount
• Brown Sugar ............ .................. Liking Amount
• Freshly Ground Black Pepper...... Liking Amount
• Water ........................................... 200 ml
• Parsley .......................................... garnish 
• Chili Flakes .................................. Liking amount (optional)
• Butter ........................................... 1 knob (optional)

Direction:

1. Half and Slide the sweet onion and rough chop the garlic
2. Lit up the fire and pre heat frying pan with oil 
3. On another burner, boil 1 liter of water with 1 tea spoon of salt
4. Sautee the onion until brown (5-10 min)
5. Add in garlic, hotate scallop and bacon chunks
6. At this point, spaghetti into the boiling water (10 - 12 min)
7. Continue to stir fry the ingredients until brown (5 min)
8. Add in bay leaf, thyme, seasonings and water and bring to boil (5-7 min)
9. The gravy mixture should be thickened up and you can drain the spaghetti and pour them into the mixture and let it further cook for 1-2 min
10. The spaghetti will suck up the gravy so pay attention to step #9. 
11. Lastly garnish with chopped parley and black pepper. 

It is a super fast, easy to prep, cook and clean dish which everyone can try at home especially during weekend when you are lazy to go out. This stir fried spaghetti dish combines the sweetness from the scallop and onion vs. the savoury and smoke flavour from bacon, and yet all bind together with the herbs to create a deep aromatic gravy for the spaghetti that is cooked to perfection. A must try if you are spaghetti-crazed :P

Useful Tips:

1. Experiment the doneness of spaghetti, i find it 10 min in boiling water and another 2 min soak in the gravy is just right for me. (Because 1 min different in water will change the texture, pay attention to this)
2. Unsalted butter helps to bind all flavour further
3. The gravy is just for flavour purpose, so if you think the water added is too much, continue to boil to reduce the liquid
4. Or if you think the water is too litter after step #9, add some spaghetti water (DO NOT add fresh water)