Aug
20th

KY cooks – Aglio Olio Angel Hair with Scallops

Files under Cooks | Posted by KY

It’s been a while since I did a recipe and cooking post. In fact, it’s been a while since I did any cooking at all. Not counting the insect meal we had back in May, I haven’t done any cooking since Chinese New Year (I usually cook the reunion dinner.)

Angel Hair Spaghetti with Scallops
angel hair pasta with scallops, slurps

While helping Cheesie out with grocery shopping, we somehow ended up at this seafood specialty shop at SS2 (the same row as restaurant Hoppy). They sell anything from frozen prawns to lobsters to live crab, and when I saw the huge frozen scallop in the fridge, it was love at first sight.

The 20 huge scallops in a bag costs a cool RM 37.50, so this wasn’t going to be a cheap meal, but temptation won at the end, and the rest is history. Anyway, lets get on to this whole recipe thing already.

Angel Hair Spaghetti with Scallops
just half a dozen ingredients and 4 steps, real easy!

Ingredients:

  • scallops, the bigger the better!
  • sliced garlic (aglio)
  • dried red chili
  • virgin olive oil (olio)
  • black pepper
  • angel hair spaghetti

The steps:

  • boil spaghetti
  • at the same time (if you have more than one stove), heat up some olive oil and start frying garlic, dried chili, and scallop till the scallop just about to start getting brown skin
  • add in spaghetti, stir a while to get the scallop taste mixed into the pasta
  • sprinkle some black pepper, and it’s good to eat!

Angel Hair Spaghetti with Scallops
tastes even better than it looks ok!

The pasta actually turned out very good. I always like angel hair as the finer strands of pasta tends to be able to soak up more sauce, plus it’s easier to chew as well. Scallop has always been one of my favorite seafood choices, I used to have fried rice with scallop back in States, and this is just a western style of the same thing.

This is something really simple to cook (as opposed to kung pao chicken or fried pomphret), and you can always replace scallops with prawns or even sausages (on a budget). So don’t always just rely on Maggie Mee, get busy already!

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51 Responses to “KY cooks – Aglio Olio Angel Hair with Scallops”

  1. By Dr. Tan on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Lets go Kuala Selangor next time. can buy cheaper.

  2. By JunJun-Riko on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    yummy……. *drooling*

  3. By KY on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Dr. Tan,
    Spend extra RM30 on petrol & toll? :P

    JunJun-Riko,
    *slurps*

  4. By Robb on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    belanja me~~ jhahaha

  5. By ck lam on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    wow…didn’t know that our Penang boy also have a upper hand on masak-masak. The plate of pasta if top up with some extra granishing will definitely be a sellable item.

  6. By suanie on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    well done you

  7. By wishingwell on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    It turns up really well it seems:) Very well for a guy:)

  8. By KY on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Robb,
    Hahhaa, you learn then cook for Zach laa

    ck lam,
    Heehee, for some visual ya, true true. :D

    suanie,
    I don’t use Prego ok! :P

    wishingwell,
    Don’t be sexist now. hehehe

  9. By Kenneth on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Maggi Mee cheaper leh..

  10. By eiling on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    i very hungry now..didn’t eat my nasi lemak on air asia just now….

  11. By mimid3vils on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Huge scallops~~ must b very juicy~~

  12. By foongpc on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Oh great! Now I can also cook this simple dish! No need to always rely on Prego sauce for the pasta I cook. Thanks, though the photos does not look very appetizing. But who cares about the look as long as the taste is good! : )

  13. By KY on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Kenneth,
    You can have that daily ok :P

    eiling,
    Hahhaa, nasi lemak air asia doesn’t sound very great.

    midmid3vils,
    Ooo they were! :D

    foongpc,
    Photos.. well, handphone photography. Heehee

  14. By twosuperheroes on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    oh..the scallops are huge! Makes me wanna try cooking this myself.. :p

  15. By Sheryl on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    woahh scallops!! i sooOOOoo miss them! cook for me too :P
    suggestion: use peperoncino flakes instead (looks better) and top with basil. yummy! :D

  16. By MisSmall on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    I love Aglio Olio! But personally I find angel hair pasta a lil hard to toss. Somehow they always end up in a bee-hoon-like state (okay fine, my skill has a lot to do with it), so it’s normal spaghetti for me anyday. :)

  17. By Simon Seow on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Hmm..I saw a sisha smoking thingy at the back. A gift from Tock Tock?

  18. By Huai Bin on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Nice, nice. I’ve been wanting to cook for a long time too, have been getting the urge to do so, but no kitchen kaki over here.

  19. By KY on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    twosuperheroes,
    Do it! :D

    Sheryl,
    Oooo good idea, remember we always made scallop fried rice? :)

    MisSmall,
    Hahha I think you overcooked them to end up the bee-hoon-like state! :D

    Simon Seow,
    Fireworks!

    Huai Bin,
    Come lets do it! :P

  20. By lotsofcravings on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    definitely something easy to make for a date for 2 rite?

  21. By purple monkey on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    only sprinkle black pepper without salt? then your pasta got no taste wor?

  22. By Penny on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    OMG the scallop… So fat… YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!

  23. By vialentino on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    ky….u r a great cook….i love pasta ler…with scallop sumore…both oso my fav…hehehe

  24. By dy on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    made me hungry jor.

  25. By cheesie on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    i left 2 scallops for u u never finish.

  26. By KY on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    lotsofcravigs,
    Oh sure, sure. :D

    purple monkey,
    I think I did put a little bit of salt. :D

    Penny,
    *SLURPS*

    vialentino,
    Hahah thanks thanks.

    dy,
    Eat! :D

    cheesie,
    Why you never finish to begin withhhhh

  27. By Criz Lai on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    Wow… Can I have the scallops only instead of the spaghetti? I love fresh scallops a lot :P

  28. By racoon on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    wah, looks yummy-licious!!!

    Can order from you ah and then deliver it to me?? :p

  29. By Samantha on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

    Hmmmm…using our local dried chilli was a good idea heh…never tot of it…stuck to the good ol’ paprika and chilli flakes all the time…but a good aglio olio to me can never do without some extra cili padi from my mom’s garden :)

  30. By Irene on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

    The scallops look yummilicious! I wanna eat them now… ah it’s 4am ler…

  31. By Steve on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

    very nice – but I notice that the scallops do not have roes attached to them. Is that how they came, or is that your preference?

  32. By foodcrazee on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

    this is what i call food . . . .u tha pwn bro

  33. By KY on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

    Criz Lai,
    Hahha, you can always try.

    racoon,
    Ok delivery charge RM500 within Malaysia. :P

    Samantha,
    Ooo mom’s garden’s chili padi. *slurps*

    Irene,
    What’s wrong with 4am? hehe

    Steve,
    They came that way. :)

    foodcrazee,
    Thanks! :D

  34. By Rachel on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply

    sedapnya! next time pls cook at home so i get to share the nice food ma! =(

  35. By potatoe on Aug 24, 2008 | Reply

    ky + ringo – our next session, please provide food!wa haaaaaa.

  36. By KY on Aug 24, 2008 | Reply

    Rachel,
    now that you know the recipe, you can cook also maa :P

    potatoe,
    Ok i tapao mamak downstairs. :P

  37. By potatoe on Aug 25, 2008 | Reply

    ky only – cannot. you have to cook. nekkid.

  38. By KY on Aug 25, 2008 | Reply

    potatoe,
    Nooooooo :P

  39. By xin on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply

    i saw this and thts why went for the scallop spag in porto romano :p

  40. By KY on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply

    xin,
    Hahah that’s cheating, you should have cooked it yourself! :p

  41. By xin on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply

    btw, the frozen food shop opens everyday? me wanna go buy some giant scallops and cook a secret meal, with your recipe :D

  42. By KY on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply

    xin,
    I believe so!

  43. By chumpman on Jan 4, 2009 | Reply

    Same as you, I like Angel hair for the same reason. The scallops looked really huge, drool. I love Angel hair with creamy gravy of cheddar cheese, mushroom and imitated crab meat

  44. By Claudia on Jan 26, 2009 | Reply

    wow, stop eating meat DO IT for the poor animals, become a PESCOTARIAN! :D

    those scallops with spaguetti. wow I am going to make some tonight for sure.

  45. By KY on Jan 26, 2009 | Reply

    chumpman,
    Yess… I’m drooling again!

    Claudia,
    Hhaaha I can’t stop eating meat! :P

  46. By DSvT on Feb 24, 2009 | Reply

    I recalled this… and It looks so differ with the d’italiane kitchen one…

  47. By KY on Feb 25, 2009 | Reply

    DSvT,
    There are many ways to skin a cat ;)

  48. By foodcrazee on Oct 8, 2009 | Reply

    just cooked aglio too just a few days back . . .urs better . . .scallops . .

  49. By KY on Oct 8, 2009 | Reply

    foodcrazee,
    oOo, not necessarily better, just more expensive. lol

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