Broken Pasta with Mushroom, Onion, and Crispy SPAM Recipe

Break each piece of bucatini into 4 pieces.

Toast luncheon meat with 1 tablespoon olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add crushed peppercorns and cook until meat is crispy about 5 minutes. Set aside.

Heat remaining oil in another pan over medium-low heat. Cook onion covered until soft 5 to 7 minutes. Add sugar; cook stirring every 2 to 3 minutes until onion is very soft and browned 10 to 15 minutes.

Meanwhile fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Cook bucatini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite about 5 minutes. Drain.

Add mushrooms Parmesan cheese Italian seasoning garlic powder red pepper flakes salt and black pepper to the pan with the onions. Stir and cover. Cook until mushrooms shrink and lose some moisture about 5 minutes. Add butter; cook until flavors meld about 3 minutes more. Add the crispy meat and Parmesan cheese. Stir.

Drain pasta and stir into the mushroom mixture. Add mozzarella cheese. Increase heat to high and cover pan. Cook stirring occasionally until pasta develops a light crust 3 to 5 minutes more.