This ultimate comfort dish is what we all need right now-something crunchy, spicy, and satisfying. The cheese sauce harmonizes with the spicy paste, brimming with anchovy fillets, crispy bacon, and kimchi, and the pasta is just as good of a vehicle as a bowl of white rice is to let these flavors shine. So I married two of my favorites by mixing the best parts of spicy, salty kimchi jjigae flavors with cheesy pasta sauce. I drew inspiration from spicy, tangy kimchi jjigae, a kimchi stew studded with fatty pork bites and salty, tangy kimchi, bubbling in anchovy broth. The idea of this spicy, kimchi baked pasta came to me when I wanted to get both of my favorite comfort foods: Korean flavors and baked pasta. The beauty of this baked pasta is that you finish the cooking in a baking pan, so you get the satisfaction of crispy edges, similar to what you’d find on pizza, while enjoying soft, tender pasta. It’s a relatively low-lift recipe that can easily please a crowd, or even just one person. For me, it’s kimchi mac and cheese, a beautiful marriage of two of my favorite comfort foods. When things are uncertain, and your head gets filled with unnecessary thoughts, the best thing to do is to cook something that comforts you. I’ve been craving comfort foods nowadays more than ever.
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