This super easy one-pot pasta with peas recipe can be on the table in less than 20 minutes!
What is a One-Pot Pasta?
Easy one-pot pasta recipes apparently first appeared on the internet via Martha Stewart and they can now be seen everywhere.
They are the simplest supper you can make without resorting to pre-packed processed food, take away or cheese on toast.
I make them a lot on the boat because they don’t involve me moving pans of boiling water about or trying to fit lots of pots on my two-ring burner!
This creamy linguine pasta with peas takes ten minutes to cook, it tastes amazing and it is filling and nutritious – what more could you ask for?!
How Do You Get a Creamy One-Pot Pasta Sauce?
As the pasta cooks, it releases its starch and as the stock reduces it all melds into one creamy sauce, it’s like magic!
I kicked myself for pouring pasta water down the drain for so many years once I’d made my first one-pot pasta!
Pasta with Peas and Broccoli
Tips for Cooking One-Pot Pasta with Peas
- This quantity is enough for two people but it is easily halved to serve one
- The eagle-eyed amongst you will have spotted that I used linguine pasta in the video and tagliatelle in the photographed recipe. You can use either or another of your choice but do check that the cooking time is 9-11 minutes. If it takes longer to cook you will need to add more stock.
- You will also have noticed that I used Tenderstem Broccoli in the video and regular Calabrese in the photos. That’s because that is exactly what I had in my fridge at the time! Use either.
- Do stir your pasta as it cooks, it will stop it sticking to the bottom or to itself – nobody wants to eat a lump of pasta!
- Make it vegan – use vegan cheese or replace the grated cheese with 3 tablespoons of Nutritional Yeast, make sure that your vegetable stock is one suitable for vegans (some have milk powder in them)
- What is Nutritional Yeast? Nutritional yeast is a really useful ingredient for vegetarians and vegans to keep in their store cupboard. It has a nutty, cheesy taste which adds a real depth of flavour to lots of dishes. You can buy it in wholefood stores and online – buying the one which is fortified with B12 is a good move as B12 can be difficult to come by on a vegan diet (Marmite on toast sorts that one out too!).
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Easy One Pot Pasta with Peas and Broccoli
Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Chopping Board
- Wooden Spoon
- Large Saucepan
Ingredients
- 3 spring onions scallions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 100 g broccoli
- 200 g linguine/tagliatelle or any pasta which takes 9-11 minutes to cook, check the packet
- 950 ml vegetable stock I used Marigold vegan Bouillon powder but you can use any vegetable stock – cube, powder or liquid
- 50 g frozen petit pois
- 50 g grated vegan cheese
- Black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Trim and chop the spring onions (cut off the root and the top of the leaves and slice into little rounds)
- Peel and chop the garlic
- Chop the broccoli into small pieces
- Gently heat the olive oil in the pan
- Add the spring onions and garlic, sizzle gently for one minute
- Add the broccoli, pasta and stock
- Bring to the boil and simmer for 7 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking
- Add the peas and simmer for a further 3 minutes, stirring
- Stir in the cheese, add black pepper to taste and serve!
Video
Notes
Nutrition
These are my kind of pasta flavours. I add the vegetables to the boiling pasta but never tried the one-pot method like this. I guess I’ve been nervous of using so little water.
Loving your video 🙂
Once you start with the one pot, you can’t stop – it’s my go to ‘oh god, LOOK at the time, we need to eat NOW’ standby! I’m so pleased you like the video, I’m a bit chuffed with how it turned out 🙂
This is actually a pretty inspiring campsite meal – with pasta, bullion, and dehydrated veg – don’t know why I never thought to cook my pasta in stock! Loving the vid…
Thanks Monica! One pot pasta meals are FABULOUS campsite meals, we have them on the boat all the time, so easy and hardly any bloomin’ washing up!
This one pot pasta looks great and I LOVE the video!
Thanks Kate! Making videos takes far longer than writing blog posts!