Japanese flavored spaghetti with Shimeji mushrooms and smokey bacon
- 1/2 lb spaghetti
- 3 slices bacon (cut to 1/2" width)
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 1 bunch Shimeji mushrooms (cut the bottom, separated into pieces by hand)
- 1/2 onion (thinly sliced)
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp Mirin
- 1 Tbsp Sake
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 3 green onions (thinly cut)
- 4-5 Oba leaves (thinly cut)
- thinly cut roasted seaweed
Boil about 12 cups or 3 littler of water in a big pot and add about 3 Tbsp salt (not in the ingredients). Cook spaghetti according to the instructions on the package.
Heat a frying pan at medium heat. Add bacon pieces and cook until browned and somewhat crispy. Add minced garlic and stir. Add Shimeji mushrooms and sliced onion and cook until tender. Add into the pan a quarter cup of boiling water from the pasta, the soy sauce, Mirin, and Sake, and stir well. Add butter in the sauce. Put the cooked spaghetti into the sauce, then add green onions. Stir for a couple of minutes to coat the spaghetti with the sauce.
Serve on a plate, and top with thinly cut Oba leaves and seaweed.