Chorizo basil spaghetti is a tremendous meal filled with fresh and fulfilling flavor. It takes only a short time to whip up, offers tremendously zesty, lively ingredients, and makes a great option for future meals. You can cook a big batch to feed the entire family, or keep it adult-oriented and enjoy it both fresh and as a make-ahead meal for work or on days when you just want to heat and eat.

The Elderton household, filled that it is with small, at times capricious children, veers mostly between bolognese or carbonara when it’s time to carb up and enjoy a spaghetti dish. Either dish is tasty and reliable, but hardly the stuff that pasta dreams are made of. My wife and I, ardent pasta fans that we try to be, have started incorporating a chorizo-based spaghetti sauce into our dinner plans to take advantage of nights when the kids want chicken nuggets or just vegemite on toast.

Chorizo basil spaghetti smoothly applies many of our favorite flavors in one dish. Spanish chorizo is bright and spicy, but also subtle enough to contrast delightfully against the fresh basil and earthy garlic. A splash of citrus helps cut through the sausage’s fat, while salty olives provide sharpness that rounds off the rich flavors, with a touch of luxury added from freshly grated parmesan.

This is a restaurant-quality pasta dish that comes together quickly from everyday ingredients found in the pantry and herb garden. The recipe seems decadent (and therefore time consuming) but comes together quickly, exactly what makes it works so well for households like mine, where there’s a lot of action and noise at dinner time but sometimes not enough flair and excitement. This meal gives you an easy option to make something notable without having to stress about time or ingredients, and it tastes absolutely smashing!