2 Must Try 30 Minute One Pot Vegan Pastas

One pot, 30 minutes each, two different pasta ideas. Let's go. Hey y'all, welcome to Make It Dairy-Free. I am Larisha and today we are going to be showing you two different one pot pasta dishes that are both ready in 30 minutes or less. Pastas are one of the easiest dishes that you can make and with one pot pasta dishes it's even easier and with the craziness of this year and the upcoming busyness of the holidays we can all use a few extra easy dishes. Am I right? Both of these can be top eight allergen free so if you are serving someone with allergies they are perfect for that. Which brings me to my two quick tips for this video. First one is that if you need to swap this with gluten-free pasta just be mindful that it cooks a little differently and make sure that you check out the tips in both of the posts if you are making it with gluten-free pasta. And number two, one of the biggest mistakes that people make when cooking one pot pasta dishes is that they use a skillet that is too large and doing that will make your liquid reduce even faster and we don't want that. We want a creamy pasta so we recommend a 12-inch skillet that has sides that come up on it and then you will be good to go for these pasta dishes. So alright I've done enough talking let's get right into both of the recipes. First up is our easy creamy garlic parmesan pasta. This one only needs nine ingredients to make and almost everything is likely a kitchen staple for you. To a large skillet with sides you are going to add your vegan butter over medium heat and melt that down. Once melted you are going to add in all of your garlic. Yes we are adding an entire bulb, garlic lovers unite. Saute that for a few minutes making sure to move often so it doesn't burn. Then you're going to add in your vegetable stock followed by your coconut milk. If you're allergic you can use another dairy-free milk. We'd suggest oat because it's creamier than the others. Add in some salt and pepper and give that a stir around. Then you are going to add in your uncooked pasta. We are adding fettuccine but honestly any pasta that cooks to al dente within eight to ten minutes will work. Pastas that take longer would need more liquid added. Push the pasta down under the liquid so that it can start to soften. Moving it around so that the noodles do not stick to each other bring to a boil. Once they soften up start twirling the noodles around again so they don't stick to each other during the cooking process. Once boiling reduce heat to a simmer then push them under the liquid as much as possible and continue to cook for 20 minutes or until the noodles are cooked through. During this time make sure to move the noodles and sauce around so it doesn't stick and all cooks properly. Once your noodles are done cooking you are going to add in your vegan parmesan cheese into your pasta. We're using the Violife parmesan block here but we also have a homemade version on our site that we will link below. If using the homemade version you can just sprinkle on the top as it doesn't melt as well. Then just add in some fresh chopped parsley or you could also do fresh basil. And that's it plate it up and serve it. Just a quick tip you can totally add in any vegetables like broccoli, asparagus, or peas here or you could do sautéed mushrooms, chickpeas, or vegan chicken, seitan, or crispy tofu. Tons of options to add even more here to make this dish go further. Also if you want to kick it up a bit with a spice feel free to add in some red pepper flakes. Get creative and Now for our vegan cajun chicken pasta. We are going to start with some oil here in a skillet over medium heat. For both recipes we give oil-free instructions in the written post. Then we are going to mix up our spices which are smoked paprika, oregano, thyme, garlic, and onion powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Then to our skillet we are adding some chopped frozen vegan chicken strips. You could also do some seitan chicken, chickpeas, or mushrooms depending on your preferences. Add in that spice mixture and give this a stir together. Now this dish is a bit on the spicier side so if you need to tone it down you can omit or reduce the cayenne. Once stirred you are going to add in your onions. Take your time here and really mix together the onions and spices to the point where all your onions go from a white to an orange color just like snooki. Let these sit for about two minutes without touching them. After that stir them around again and let cook for another minute or two until the onions are softened. Then you're going to add in your uncooked pasta. We are adding in penne but again you can do this with any pasta that cooks to al dente within 8 to 10 minutes. Then some fire roasted tomatoes, coconut milk, again any other dairy-free milk will work, and some vegetable stock. Once you have everything in your skillet stir together very well and then add your lid and let it come to a boil before stirring again. Once it comes to a boil open the lid and stir together again. You're going to stir every few minutes putting the lid back on every time until the pasta is cooked which should be about 10 to 12 minutes. Quick tip if your pasta is cooked but you have excess liquid then remove the lid raise the temperature and cook for another three to four minutes stirring often until the liquid has evaporated. Once done add in some vegan cream cheese and stir together until melted. Top it with some green onions and that's it you can serve it up. Both of these dishes heat up well if you need to meal prep and are great with vegan garlic bread or garlic knots that we will link in the description below. Alright y'all we hope you loved this video please give this video a like and subscribe if you aren't already. Head to the comments and let us know which pasta you want to try first. Tap another one of our suggested videos to see even more recipes from us. Have a great day and remember to smile!