Whole Wheat Pasta with Spinach, Beans, Tomatoes, and Garlic Chips

Name: Whole Wheat Pasta with Spinach, Beans, Tomatoes, and Garlic Chips
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, olive oil; 8 cloves, garlic, 5 cloves sliced thin lengthwise, 3 cloves minced or pressed through garlic press (1 tablespoon); , Table salt; 1 , medium onion, diced small (about 1 cup); 1/2 teaspoon, hot red pepper flakes; 20 ounces, curly spinach, trimmed, chopped into 1-inch pieces, and rinsed, water still clinging to leaves (about 16 cups), and reducing chicken broth to 3/4 cup; 3/4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; , 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, drained; , can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed; 3/4 cup, pitted kalamata olives, roughly chopped; 13 1/4 ounces, whole wheat spaghetti; 2 ounces, Parmesan cheese, finely grated (about 1 cup), plus additional for serving; , Ground black pepper

Main Courses
Pasta
Vegetables
Weeknight

Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2005

This classic recipe from the Italian countryside deserves a place on the American table. Could we streamline it without forfeiting flavor?

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1 hour

Whole Wheat Pasta with Spinach, Beans, Tomatoes, and Garlic Chips

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