Squid Ink Spaghetti (Halloween 2020)

Happy Halloween! Kamusta naman ang Halloween nyo this year? Kami syempre stay-at-home pa rin. We just planned on having a scary movie day while wearing our costumes! So that’s what we did. We had a scary movie marathon the whole day.

Twinkle wore her Skeleton Ninja costume and Ykaie wore her Harry Potter costume. Then, as per Ykaie’s request, I cooked this super yummy Squid Ink Spaghetti for lunch. I also filled our Halloween Basket with lots of goodies like chocolates, candies, and gummies — syempre lafang namin while watching.

It’s been two years in a row that I haven’t been making a lot of Halloween-y food. Last year was because I’ve been a bit busy. This year, it was because I had the worst case of Acid Reflux I had experienced — I experienced all the symptoms! I had that lump in my throat, I had coughs that won’t go away and wheezing — I thought I’m having asthma so late in life. Then I had chronic sore throat and that burnt tongue feeling. My tongue hurt like hell. I had this for about two and a half weeks before I found out what it was and was able to properly medicate.

So medyo ngayon pa lang ako gumagaling… thank goodness nakahabol pa sa Halloween food!

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:

So let’s talk about this Squid Ink Spaghetti …..

To make sauce for 500g of pasta, I always use 2 cups of squid ink. To make one cup of squid ink, I dissolve the squid ink sacs I get from a kilo of squid in one cup of water. So whenever I cook squid, say into calamares, I make sure to keep the squid inc sac and dissolve it in water and then freeze it for later use. That’s how I get lots of squid ink and it always works for me.

Good thing there are now Squid Ink Pastas readily available in supermarkets but if you only have regular spaghetti, that works too because we have a super flavorful sauce that the pasta can absorb.

This dish is very easy to make. You can also make this even if it’s not Halloween because it’s so delicious and it’s just like our favorite Adobong Pusit turned into pasta! It’s a nice weekend dish for the whole family, great to bring on potlucks, and the best when you’re craving something squid or seafood.

I hope you try my recipe and like it just like we do.

OTHER SQUID RECIPES YOU MIGHT LOVE…

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Squid Ink Spaghetti

  • Author: Peachy Adarne

Ingredients

Scale
  • 500g Squid Ink pasta
  • 750g squid, cleaned, sliced, ink sac set aside
  • ink sacs dissolved in 1 cup water + 1 cup frozen dissolved ink sac
  • 8 cloves garlic minced
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 chicken cube
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch dissolved in 3 tbsp water
  • 1 large red bell pepper sliced
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta according to package direction, set aside.
  2. Heat the olive oil and butter in a pan.
  3. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant and a bit brown on the edges.
  4. Add the squid and cook for about 4 minutes or until meat turns white.
  5. Pour in the squid ink mixture. Mix well
  6. Add the chicken cube and stir until dissolved.
  7. Bring the sauce to a boil and pour in the vinegar. Simmer for about 3 minutes.
  8. Add the sugar, mix well.
  9. Pour in your cornstarch slurry. Add a little at a time until you get your desired thickness.
  10. Add the bell pepper.
  11. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed.
  12. Add the cooked squid ink pasta and mix well. Make sure pasta is well-coated by the sauce.
  13. Serve warm, sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese.

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8 Responses

  1. Kahit black ang sauce mukhang masarap pa rin tingnan mommy ? lalo pa’t paborito namin ang pusit haayyysss ansarap nyan.

  2. Oh, may squid ink pasta pala ? mas masarap pala lalo yan dahil mismong pasta infused with squid flavor na pala. Fave ko ang squid, normally sa sotanghon ko sya hinahalo. Ganda ng video Ms. Peachy ang galing. One of your Holloween recipe na kaya at gusto kong kainin ?

  3. Napaka galing mo talaga Mommy Peach. Napaka creative bagay na bagay sa halloween.

  4. This dish makes me remember to Squid Game that I have watched recently. It’s not about Halloween theme but the name has the word squid.

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Hi, Peachy here!

I'm a foodie mommy living in the Philippines. I'm a mom to two daughters named PURPLE SKYE and PERIWINKLE MOONE and wife to a loving husband I fondly call peanutbutter♥. I am a foodie by heart, a coffee lover and a froyo and yogurt junkie. Learn more →

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