Filipino Spaghetti ?

Name: Filipino Spaghetti ?
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: ?? American?? Italian
Ingredients: 1 pound uncooked spaghetti; 1 tablespoon oil; 4 hotdogs, sliced diagonally; 1 onion, peeled and chopped; 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced; 1 bell pepper, seeded, cored and chopped; 1 pound ground beef; 2 cups tomato sauce; 1/2 cup tomato paste; 1 cup banana ketchup, preferably sweet and spicy; 1 cup beef broth; 1 teaspoon sugar; salt and pepper to taste; 1/2 cup quick-melt cheese, shredded

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Filipino style spaghetti dish is an adaptation of a classic Italian spaghetti with meat sauce with a local Filipino twist. Pinoy spaghetti recipe is the same. It has a pronounced sweet flavor thanks to the red sauce made with tomatoes and sweetened with banana ketchup or sugar. Another thing that sets this ultimate filipino comfort dish apart besides sweet taste of sauce is the addition of Filipino-style hotdogs to the meat sauce. And there is melty grated cheese on top in filipino food recipes.

It is a comfort food for the most Filipinos, and kids there go bonkers over this dish. There is something magical about the combination of sweet, tangy, savory tomato and ketchup sauce with starchy, delicate tasting spaghetti and salty pieces of hot dogs all topped with melted cheese. I love filipino spaghetti all recipes.

The steps to Filipino Spaghetti is pretty identical to making classic spaghetti bolognese.

It is crockpot recipe. The ground beef is first browned with fragrant vegetables like onions, garlic and bell peppers and then simmered in tomato sauce tother with aromatic herbs until all the flavors meld in together and the sauce thickens. The pinoy food recipe is pretty flexible and you can substitute the ingredients for the ones that you have. If you can’t find banana ketchup, use tomato ketchup and enhance it with a teaspoon or so of sugar to achieve that delicious balance of sweet and savory Filipino spaghetti is known for. But it is best reason to learn cooking banana ketchup for spaghetti yourself. Same goes for the red Filipino hot dogs, you can substitute for regular beef franks instead or use ham.

This dish is very easy to make and is an interesting interpretation of the traditional Italian dish. Expand your horizons with this exotic take on an old classic and learn how to cook filipino spaghetti.

Ingredients

1 pound uncooked spaghetti
1 tablespoon oil
4 hotdogs, sliced diagonally
1 onion, peeled and chopped
3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 bell pepper, seeded, cored and chopped
1 pound ground beef
2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 cup banana ketchup, preferably sweet and spicy
1 cup beef broth
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup quick-melt cheese, shredded

Steps

Step 1
In a pot cook spaghetti in salted boiling water according to package’s direction. Drain.
Step 2
Heat oil in a large pan. Add sliced hot dogs and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pan and set aside.
Step 3
Add onions, garlic, and bell peppers to pan. Cook until softened.
Step 4
Add ground beef and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking into small pieces until lightly browned. Drain any excess fat.
Step 5
Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, ketchup, and beef broth. Stir in sugar.
Step 6
Bring to a boil and then lower heat to simmer, covered, for about one hour or until meat is fully cooked and sauce is thickened. Add water as needed
Step 7
During the last 10 minutes of cooking, add browned hot dogs. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 8
Serve over spaghetti topped with melted cheese.