Start Small

Sure, you may be made fun of for finding black pepper or crushed red pepper flakes spicy, but who cares? Using them more often in your cooking will help you be able to work your way up to more intense heat.

Be Consistent

If you really want to increase your spice tolerance, you’ll have to eat spicy food more frequently. Keep it gradual but try to include spicy meals at least a few times a week, so you don’t lose all of the tolerance you’ve built up.

Use Coolants

As you start venturing into more and more intense territory, don’t hesitate to make use of coolants like dairy, lime, cilantro, and coconut milk. This will help put out the fire in your mouth, and it’s a totally legit way to make spicy food more tolerable.

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Want to learn how to make it at home? Here’s how!

Ingredients

• 8 ounces peeled shrimp
• 1 16-oz jar tomato sauce
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1.5 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 300 g dry linguini

Instructions

Start by preparing the linguini pasta to the specifications of the box. 

While the pasta is being cooked, go ahead and put 1.5 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan on medium-high heat and allow it to heat.

Once the olive oil is bubbling, add the shrimp, 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, along with a splash of dry white wine, and cook on each side for about 1-2 minutes. Remove the shrimp and place on a plate.

Next, pour the tomato sauce along with the rest of the white wine, the rest of the olive oil, the rest of the cayenne pepper and garlic powder, black pepper, and sea salt in the same pan on medium heat. Stir together, allowing the sauce to heat up and the ingredients to mix.

After about 5 minutes of heating, add the cooked shrimp to the sauce and allow them to cook together for about a minute.

Finally, add the drained linguini pasta to the pan, and mix the sauce into the pasta. Serve hot and enjoy!

The post Spicy Shrimp Pasta is a Perfect Meal Choice appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Start Small

Sure, you may be made fun of for finding black pepper or crushed red pepper flakes spicy, but who cares? Using them more often in your cooking will help you be able to work your way up to more intense heat.

Be Consistent

If you really want to increase your spice tolerance, you’ll have to eat spicy food more frequently. Keep it gradual but try to include spicy meals at least a few times a week, so you don’t lose all of the tolerance you’ve built up.

Use Coolants

As you start venturing into more and more intense territory, don’t hesitate to make use of coolants like dairy, lime, cilantro, and coconut milk. This will help put out the fire in your mouth, and it’s a totally legit way to make spicy food more tolerable.

The post How to Increase Your Tolerance to Spice appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Want to learn how to make it at home? Here’s how!

Ingredients

• 8 ounces peeled shrimp
• 1 16-oz jar tomato sauce
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1.5 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 300 g dry linguini

Instructions

Start by preparing the linguini pasta to the specifications of the box. 

While the pasta is being cooked, go ahead and put 1.5 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan on medium-high heat and allow it to heat.

Once the olive oil is bubbling, add the shrimp, 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, along with a splash of dry white wine, and cook on each side for about 1-2 minutes. Remove the shrimp and place on a plate.

Next, pour the tomato sauce along with the rest of the white wine, the rest of the olive oil, the rest of the cayenne pepper and garlic powder, black pepper, and sea salt in the same pan on medium heat. Stir together, allowing the sauce to heat up and the ingredients to mix.

After about 5 minutes of heating, add the cooked shrimp to the sauce and allow them to cook together for about a minute.

Finally, add the drained linguini pasta to the pan, and mix the sauce into the pasta. Serve hot and enjoy!

The post Spicy Shrimp Pasta is a Perfect Meal Choice appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.