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Chipotle Spaghetti

Chipotle Spaghetti

BY: Michele
PUBLISHED: Oct 18, 2022
1 Review / 5 Average
2 Comments
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Chipotle Spaghetti is a delicious zesty Mexican Spaghetti with a Chipotle Sauce.

Spaghetti noodles are cooked in water flavored with onion, garlic, bay leaves, and chicken bouillon.

The spaghetti is then covered in a creamy, spicy spaghetti sauce made with tomatoes and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

A fork has spaghetti in a chipotle sauce twirled around a fork inside a white dish with the rest of the spaghetti and chipotle sauce, topped with queso fresco, and chopped cilantro.

This spicy spaghetti makes a wonderful Mexican weeknight dinner or party potluck Main Dish Recipe.

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  • What You’ll Need
  • Equipment
  • Ingredients
  • How To Make Spicy Spaghetti
  • Directions
  • Recipe Tips
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A white dish with spaghetti and chipotle sauce, topped with queso fresco, and chopped cilantro.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

  • Flavorful yet mild. Mexican spaghetti is not like Italian spaghetti. It is mild and is a perfect complement to meat dishes. It is a favorite dish that is often served at weddings, communions, baby showers, and birthdays.
  • Easy. Like other spaghetti dishes, this recipe is very easy to make.
  • Comforting. A big pot of hot spaghetti and sauce is especially comforting and a perfect comfort food dish.
A white dish with spaghetti and chipotle sauce, topped with queso fresco, and chopped cilantro.

What You’ll Need

Equipment

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  • Large Pot with Strainer Basket
  • Small Saucepan
  • Spaghetti Spoon Server

Ingredients

Below I discuss the ingredients and possible substitutions in case you don’t have a specific ingredient. However, if you are looking for the specific measurements of each ingredient, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this article, just above the comments, for the printable recipe card, which includes all the ingredients and the specific amounts of each one.

Spaghetti

  • Water to fill pan
  • Spaghetti noodles – Use regular spaghetti or whole wheat spaghetti.
  • Salt
  • White Onion – I used white onion, but feel free to use yellow or Vidalia as well.
  • Garlic cloves – Ideally, I recommend garlic cloves. However, you can use minced garlic as well.
  • Bay leaves – You’ll need a couple of bay leaves
  • Olive Oil
  • Butter
  • Chicken Bouillon – Instead of chicken bouillon, you could use chicken broth or chicken stock instead of the water and chicken bouillon.

Chipotle Spaghetti Sauce

  • Roma Tomatoes
  • Mexican oregano
  • Chipotle peppers from canned chipotle in adobo sauce
  • Mexican Crema
  • Spaghetti water – the water in which the spaghetti was cooked.
  • Queso fresco crumbled
  • Cilantro, chopped

How To Make Spicy Spaghetti

Directions

Mexican Spaghetti

  1. Fill a large pan with water to boil the spaghetti. Add the slice of onion, 2 whole garlic cloves, salt, and bay leaves. Boil for 2 minutes, add the spaghetti, and cook according to the package directions. This is usually about 8 to 10 minutes. Taste a piece of spaghetti to see if it is fully cooked. Discard the onion, garlic, and bay leaves.
  2. Remove the spaghetti from the water, and reserve ⅔ cup of the spaghetti water.

Chipotle Sauce

  1. While the spaghetti is cooking, bring a small pan of water to a boil and add the tomatoes. Boil till the skin burst, then remove the tomatoes and place them in a blender.
  2. Blend the tomatoes, Mexican oregano, and chipotle peppers well, if you need to, you can add the spaghetti water to help it blend well.
  3. In the large saute pan, heat the olive oil and butter, add the ¼ cup of grated white onion, and grate the 2 garlic cloves. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes; pour the tomatoes into the pan and cook for another 5 minutes.
  4. Slowly pour the cream into the sauce, whisking to keep it from curdling.
  5. Lift the noodles into the sauce and stir to combine. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
  6. Remove from the heat and serve. Add a sprinkle of queso fresco and cilantro to the top of each plate.
  7. These noodles are great served by themselves or as a side dish for meats and all Mexican foods.
A white dish with spaghetti and chipotle sauce, topped with queso fresco, and chopped cilantro.

Recipe Tips

How To Prevent Spaghetti From Sticking.

  • To prevent spaghetti from sticking, be sure to add enough water to completely cover the spaghetti.
  • Make sure water comes to a complete hard boil before adding pasta.
  • Add some of the spaghetti going in one direction, and the other spaghetti going in a different direction to create a cross-hatch design.
  • Pour the sauce on the spaghetti immediately after draining the spaghetti.

Add More Flavor To Spaghetti.

  • If you want to make your spaghetti taste extra flavorful, always add a slice of onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, and salt to the pasta water.
  • Boil for a minute or two before adding the pasta, then cook the pasta according to the package directions.
Overhead view of a white serving dish with spaghetti and chipotle sauce, topped with queso fresco, and chopped cilantro, and a small plate with the garnished chipotle spaghetti, with a bowl of queso fresco in the bottom left, and a partial view of part of a white plate with a serving of spaghetti.

Serving Suggestions

  • Vegetable Chopped Salad
  • Sopa Tarasca (Pinto Bean Soup)
  • Picadillo Con Papas

FAQs

Can I Make This Spaghetti less Spicy?

Yes, you can reduce the spiciness by using only 1 chipotle pepper instead of two or just using the adobo sauce and leaving out the peppers altogether.

Horizontal photo of a serving dish with the chipotle spaghetti garnished with queso fresco and chopped cilantro with a green and white checkered napkin in the background.

How Long To Cook Spaghetti

Boil spaghetti for about 8 to 10 minutes.

How Long Can You Keep Spaghetti in the fridge?

If stored in an airtight container, you can keep leftover spaghetti for up to 5 days.

Can I Freeze Mexican Spaghetti?

Yes, you can freeze this spaghetti in a freezer-safe airtight container for up to 3 months.

More Recipes

  • Easy Chicken Spaghetti
  • Bacon Spaghetti Florentine
  • Shrimp Fettuccini Alfredo
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Chipotle Spaghetti

This Chipotle Spaghetti is a Mexican red spaghetti with a Chipotle spaghetti sauce made with tomatoes, Chipotles in adobo sauce, and can be served as a main dish or side dish.
Course Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Cuisine American, Mexican, Tex-Mex
Keyword Chipotle Spaghetti, Mexican Spaghetti
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 402kcal
Author Michele @ Flavor Mosaic

Ingredients

Spaghetti

  • Water to fill pan
  • ½ pound spaghetti noodles
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 slice white onion + ¼ cup grated white onion
  • 4 garlic cloves separated
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 3 Tablespoons butter
  • 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon

Chipotle Spagetti Sauce

  • 5 roma tomatoes
  • ½ teaspoon Mexican oregano
  • 2 chipotle peppers canned chipotle in adobo sauce
  • ½ cup Mexican cream
  • ⅔ cup spaghetti water
  • ¼ cup queso fresco crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon cilantro chopped
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Instructions 

Spaghetti

  • Fill a large pan with water, and heat over high heat and bring to a full boil.
  • Add the slice of onion, 2 whole garlic cloves, salt, chicken bouillion, and bay leaves. Boil for 2 minutes, then add the spaghetti and cook according to the package directions. This is usually about 8 to 10 minutes. Taste a piece of spaghetti to see if it fully cooked. Discard the onion, garlic and bay leaves.
  • Remove the spaghetti from the water and drain, and reserve ⅔ cup of the spaghetti water.

Chipotle Spaghetti Sauce

  • While the spaghetti is cooking, bring a small pan of water to boil and add the tomatoes. Boil until the skin burst, then remove the tomatoes and place them in a blender.
  • Blend the tomatoes, Mexican oregano, and chipotle peppers well, if you need to, you can add the spaghetti water to help it blend well.
  • In the large saute pan, heat the olive oil and butter, then add the ¼ cup of grated white onion, and grate the 2 garlic cloves. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, the pour the tomatoes into the pan and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Slowly pour the cream into the sauce, whisking to keep it from curdling.
  • Lift the noodles into the sauce and stir to combine. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and serve. Add a sprinkle of queso fresco and cilantro to the top of each plate to garnish.

Notes

How To Prevent Spaghetti From Sticking.
  • To prevent spaghetti from sticking, be sure to add enough water to completely cover the spaghetti.
  • Make sure the water comes to a hard boil before adding pasta.
  • Add some of the spaghetti going in one direction and the rest going in a different direction to create a cross-hatch design.
  • Pour the sauce into the spaghetti immediately after draining the spaghetti.
Add More Flavor To Spaghetti.
  • If you want to make your spaghetti taste extra flavorful, always add a slice of onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, and salt to the pasta water.
  • Boil for a minute or two before adding the pasta, then cook the pasta according to the package directions.
How Long To Cook Spaghetti
Boil spaghetti for about 8 to 10 minutes.
How Long Can You Keep Spaghetti in the fridge?
If stored in an airtight container, you can keep leftover spaghetti for up to 5 days.
Can I Freeze Mexican Spaghetti?
Yes, you can freeze this spaghetti in a freezer-safe airtight container for up to 3 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 402kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 856mg | Potassium: 344mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1117IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 1mg

Filed Under: 30-Minutes-or-Less, Budget-friendly, Comfort Food, Custom 3 Featured Posts, Dinner, Dinner in Under 30 Minutes, Main Dishes, Quick and Easy, Side Dishes, Vegetarian

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Hi, I’m Michele Feuerborn, wife, and dog Mom, with 20+ years experience as a home cook. I’m the Founder of Flavor Mosaic, as well as the author, recipe developer, and photographer. I share fast, easy, flavorful recipes with bold flavors, featuring Instant Pot recipes and Southern and Mexican cuisines.

Comments

  1. Susan says

    December 31, 2022 at 8:26 am

    Hi Michele, I discovered your recipe from a friend who posted a pic on FB … I look forward to making it. But I have a question — the recipe calls for 2 tsp chicken bouillon, but I’ve read through all your descriptions twice and can’t find where to use the bouillon in making the recipe.

    Reply
    • Michele says

      January 2, 2023 at 7:05 pm

      Hi Susan,

      It should be fine for up to 3 days. After that, it may lose some of its texture. So I recommend eating within 3 days.

      Happy New Year,

      Michele

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