Ingredients: 1½ cups spam, cubed 1½ cups penne or your favorite pasta 3 cloves garlic, minced ½ cup onion, diced ½ cup corn kernels, thawed ½ - 1 tsp sea salt + more if needed 1/2 cup cherry/ grape tomatoes
1 tbs salt Dash of paprika 1 tbs basil, thinly sliced ½ tbs olive oil 1 egg 2 tbs avocado, cubed
Directions: 1. Fill a large pot about 2/3 of the way with water and add 1 tbs salt over high heat. When water starts to boil, turn down the stove and add the pasta, then stir with a long serving spoon. Don't let them stick to the bottom. 2. Check the package for suggested cooking time. After 8-10 mins, try a piece of pasta and bite it. If it's too hard to bite, it needs to cook a little longer. The pasta is ready when it's cooked all the way through and still firm, and that's referred to as al dente in Italian. Using a strainer, set the pasta aside and reserve the pasta water. Shake out the excess water. 3. Preheat a pan over medium heat, and add the spam. Let is cook until golden brown for about 1-2 minutes. Set aside. 4. In a same pan, add the oil over medium-high heat (you can omit this step if the pan has enough oil from the spam). Add garlic and onion and cook for about 3 minutes. Add the spam back to the pan, then add corn. Mix it together for about 1 minute. 5. Add the pasta to the pan, then add sea salt, paprika, basil. Try not adding too much salt since the pasta is salty enough. Set aside. 6. Fried Runny Egg: Add oil in the frying pan over high heat - just enough to coat the pan. Break the egg gently and immediately lower the heat to low. Baste the oil over the top of the egg and cook until the white is firm and the yolk is thick but not firm. You can check the consistency by shaking the pan gently and observing how the egg jiggles. Remove from the heat and gently place the fried egg over pasta. 7. To serve: add cherry tomatoes, avocado, and fried runny egg over pasta.
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