- prep: 5 min
- cook: 10 min
- total: 15 min
Summary
Mentaiko pasta is a simple Japanese-style pasta sauced with olive oil and spicy cod roe. This version is creamy and briny and can be prepared in minutes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cupkarashi mentaiko (spicy code roe)
- 1/4 cupolive oil (mild flavor, not spicy or green)
- 1/4 teaspoonground black pepper
- 400 gramsspaghetti (boiled according to package directions)
- 2 tablespoonscultured unsalted butter (cut into a couple slices)
- 6 leavesgreen shiso (rolled then sliced thin)
- 0.3 sheetnori (cut into thin strips with scissors )
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 5
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 138 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 7 g 11%
- Saturated Fat: 2 g 9%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 16 mg 5.42%
- Sodium: 382 mg 15.92%
- Calcium: 6 mg 0.6%
- Potassium: 0 mg 0%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 0 mg 0.6%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 12 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g 1.6%
- Sugar: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat1
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total1 oz-eq