– Add oil and garlic to cold skillet. Turn heat to medium.– Cook until garlic becomes fragrant, stirring occasionally.– Once garlic becomes fragrant, add red pepper flakes and mushrooms to pan and continue cooking.
– Begin cooking spaghetti, your water should be boiling by now.– Add chicken or vegetable broth to garlic and mushrooms in the skillet and continue to simmer.– Add black pepper to garlic mushroom sauce. – Save 1 to 2 cups of starchy pasta water.
– Drain spaghetti when cooked, but do not rinse.– Immediately add pasta to skillet with garlic and mushrooms.– Turn and mix to coat all noodles with mixture, adding pasta water as needed to achieve your desired consistency of sauce.
– Mushrooms and garlic may not get mixed into pasta, spoon extra mushrooms and garlic over pasta after plated.– Top with cheese, parsley, and cherry tomatoes as desired.