Japanese American Pasta With Clam Sauce Food

UDON NOODLES WITH JAPANESE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare udon noodles according to package directions, drain.
• In a steamer pot, add clams, cooking sake, and regular sake. Steam until the clams open up. Strain, reserving clams and liquid separately. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, heat olive oil and butter. Add onion, ginger, garlic, and hot pepper flakes. Saute for 2 minutes. Add the cooking sake and simmer for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, parsley and salt to taste. Simmer an additional 5 minutes.
• Add whipping cream and simmer 3 minutes. Add reserved clam juice and simmer an additional 3 minutes. Toss the sauce over the noodles and garnish with the steamed clams.

PASTA WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. In a saucepan, saute garlic and anchovies in oil for 3 minutes, breaking up anchovies. Stir in the clam juice, clams, water, oregano, parsley, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until sauce is reduced by half. Drain pasta; toss with clam sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

SPAGHETTI WITH CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Start water to boil for pasta.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium high heat in a small or medium saucepan.
• Add garlic and saute until softened, a few minutes. Add mushrooms (if using), clams, and juice from one of the cans of clams. Turn heat to high.
• Add red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, oregano, wine, and lemon juice. Let simmer on high until at least three fourths of liquid has evaporated, about 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta until it is al dente.
• Drain pasta. Add pasta back to empty pot (off heat) and coat with 1/2 tablespoon of oil.
• Take sauce off heat. Add black pepper to taste, and parsley.
• Immediately add half of the sauce to the pasta and toss.
• Plate pasta, top with other half of sauce, and serve.

DAD'S WORLD FAMOUS SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat the butter, add the garlic, and cook for one minute over moderate heat.
• With a wire whisk, stir in the flour.
• While stirring, add the clam juice.
• Add the parsley, salt, pepper, and thyme.
• Simmer gently for ten minutes.
• Add the minced clams and heat through.
• Serve over linguine or spaghetti.

PASTA WITH SHRIMP, CLAMS, LEMON AND GARLIC - ATK

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium high heat; add pasta and cook according to the package directions.
• Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid, then drain the pasta and return it to the pot.
• Cut the onion into small dice, mince the garlic, and chop the thyme.
• In a large skillet, over medium heat, combine the onion, oil and 1/8 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion begins to soften, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Stir in garlic, thyme, and red pepper flakes, cook about 30 seconds.
• Add in chicken broth, clam juice, and bay leaf.
• Increase heat to medium and cook until liquid has reduced to about 2 cups, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, squeeze out 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice.
• Chop parsley.
• Whisk together cornstarch and water; stir into skillet.
• Cook until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes; remove from heat.
• Whisk in lemon juice and cream cheese until well incorporated.
• Add shrimp and clams, cover and return to low heat to warm through.
• Add the sauce with seafood and chopped parsley to the pasta and gently toss.
• Add reserved cooking liquid, as needed, if the sauce is too thick.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve.

ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH WHITE CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all fresh herbs on a cutting board, and mince. You will need a very sharp knife to do this right.
• Fill a large pot with water, and add salt to taste. Bring to a boil.
• In a medium saucepan, add oil, and heat over medium heat until oil is hot.
• Drain the canned clams.
• Add clams and minced garlic to oil, and saute until clams are hot (about two minutes), stirring frequently.
• While clam and garlic mixture is heating, put the angel hair pasta in the boiling water. Cook according to the directions on the box.
• Continue stirring the clam and garlic mixture, being careful to not let the garlic burn.
• Add chopped herbs to the clam/garlic mixture, and saute for another two minutes. Remove from heat.
• When pasta is done to "al dente", remove from heat and drain water.
• Put pasta into a large bowl, and add clam/garlic/herb mixture. Mix well to prevent the pasta from sticking. Serve immediately.
• Optionally, you can add sliced or chopped fresh onion to the sauce. Also, you can substitute (or add in addition to) shrimp, chicken, scallops, crab meat, oysters, squid, etc, for the clams. It can also be topped with grated Parmesan or Romano cheese, though traditionally, it is not.
• This sauce is highly flexible, and can be modified in any number of ways. I always recommend using angel hair pasta though, as it soaks up the flavors better than any other type of pasta.

JAPANESE-AMERICAN PASTA WITH CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a large pot of water for cooking the spaghetti.
• Soften the shiitake mushrooms in water for 30 minutes. Remove stems and slice caps thinly. Chop green onions and green pepper into small pieces.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the oil and saute the onions for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms, onions, green pepper, clams, and bamboo shoots and saute for one more minute.
• dd enough broth to the reserved clam liquid 10 make 1 1/2 cups. Add the broth to the vegetables and reduce to a simmer. Add soy sauce, sake, salt, and cornstarch paste. The sauce will become thick when you add the cornstarch. Simmer over low heat 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta in the pot of boiling water until al dente, approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the pasta and ladle the sauce over the hot noodles. Serve immediately.