This delectable Mexican cuisine is simple to prepare. Ground turkey and low-fat dairy products are frequently my substitutions, and it still tastes great! Chips, salsa, and a green salad should be served with this casserole.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 33 mins |
| Total Time: | 48 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound Brussels sprouts
- ½ (8 ounce) package spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 3 tablespoons tahini paste
- 2 teaspoons capers (Optional)
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add Brussels sprouts, cover, and steam until fork tender, about 10 minutes. Drain, reserving the hot water.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
- Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Mix in lemon juice; add tahini paste. Stir in reserved hot water until mixture is the consistency of sauce.
- Stir Brussels sprouts, spaghetti, and capers into the sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
Reviews
didn’t have the full pound of brussels sprouts. Wish I did.
I love all the ingredients this recipe called for and had to give it a try. The recipe prep is easy and straight forward. We made it exactly as called for with the optional capers. In the end it was just too lemony, a bite of the spaghetti without Brussels Sprouts was just too tangy and the mellowness of the tahini was hard to find. The juice of the medium sized lemon I used produced 1/4 cup. In the future I will try to make this using a maximum of 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice and see if I’d like to ramp it up from there. I also would at least halve the Brussel Sprouts, and quarter them if they are large. I also had to prepare a little corn starch and water to thicken up the sauce which was not a problem at all. All the cook times were very accurate.