Zoodle Aglio e Olio (Zoodles with garlic and oil)

Posted on Jan 14 2015 - 7:48am by Marianne

A delicious quick starter or even a side of spiralled zucchini tossed or fried in hot garlic and oil. Add a chilli if you desire.

 

Zoodle Aglio e Olio (Zoodles with garlic and oil)
Serves 4
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Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
25 min
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
25 min
Ingredients
  1. 6-8 zucchini
  2. 4 garlic cloves whole or sliced in half
  3. 1/3 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil, you could use more or less.
  4. sea salt
  5. pepper
  6. Chilli (optional)
Instructions
  1. Prepare the zucchini by washing, top and tailing them. I used my new vegetable spiraliser. But I have used my julienne peeler in the past. Hold the zucchini from the top and peel in a downwards motion. Peel until you start to see the seeds, then turn around and do the same on the other sides. Julienne/spiral all the flesh from the zucchini creating thin noodles. Place in a colander and toss zucchini with salt and let stand with a plate underneath for 10/15 mins then rinse well. Knead the zoodles to remove as much liquid as possible.
  2. Heat the oil and add the garlic plus sea salt untill the garlic lightly browns, then you could either-
  3. 1.Add raw zoodles to the pan and fry together in the garlic and oil (chilli) until zoodles are soft then serve seasoned with salt and pepper or
  4. 2.Add raw zoodles to a pot of boiling water cook for 1-2 minutes, drain and knead as much liquid out as possible. You could wrap it in a clean tea towel to remove more liquid. Place zoodles into a large bowl and add the heated garlic and seasoned oil and combine and serve into smaller bowls season with salt and pepper.
  5. In the photo I used method 2.
  6. Place browned garlic on top for garnish.
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Marianne found success with Paleo eating when she did a Whole 30 challenge with her husband in 2014. She hit her goal weight and improved her health and wellbeing. Marianne started giving Paleo makeovers to many of her families' traditional recipes and decided to share it with everyone on her Gusto Paleo blog.

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