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Filipino Spaghetti (w/ Sweet Spaghetti Sauce)
Use this traditionally sweet spaghetti recipe from the Philippines that's filled with rich, umami flavored meat sauce and topped with sliced hot dogs and melted cheese for your next dinner.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 47183 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Dinner
Cuisine:
Filipino
Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 1 medium yellow onion chopped
- 5 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1 lb ground pork
- 16 16 fl oz canned tomato sauce
- 4 4 fl oz banana ketchup
- 1 1 tbsp dark brown sugar
- ½ ½ tbsp fish sauce
- 5 5 hot dogs sliced on a bias
- ¼ ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ ¼ tsp salt
Spaghetti
- 1 1 lb dried spaghetti
- 10 10 c filtered water for boiling spaghetti
- 2 2 tsp salt
Optional topping
- Velveeta or cheddar cheese
Instructions
Filipino spaghetti sauce
- In a large pan over medium heat, add the vegetable oil and the onion. Saute the onion for 3-5 minutes or until translucent.
- Add the garlic and saute until fragrant or about 30 seconds.
- Add the ground pork and cook for about 5-7 minutes or until the meat is completely browned.
- Add the tomato sauce, banana ketchup, fish sauce, and the dark brown sugar and stir until combined with the meat mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil and then lower to medium low heat and continue to cook for 5 minutes to slightly thicken the sauce.
- Add the hot dogs and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
- Taste test the sauce and add salt and black pepper, adjust to your preference.
- You have the option of adding cheese on top too.
- Add the spaghetti on a plate and ladle on the sauce. Serve immediately.
Cup of Yum
Spaghetti noodles
- In a large pot, add the water and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Add the salt and stir until dissolved. Add the dried spaghetti and follow instructions on the box to cook. This could take anywhere between 8-15 minutes depending on the pasta brand.
- Test your spaghetti by tasting one strand, it should be cooked throughout without any opaqueness in the center, but still slightly firm.
- Strain the pasta from the boiling water, reserving some of this water in case you need it to thin the sauce, and set the pasta aside. Do not rinse the pasta.
Nutrition Information
Calories
471.83kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
54.11g
(18%)
Protein
21g
(42%)
Fat
18.87g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
7.48g
(37%)
Cholesterol
53.48mg
(18%)
Sodium
1207.55mg
(50%)
Potassium
553.58mg
(16%)
Fiber
2.97g
(12%)
Sugar
6.08g
(12%)
Vitamin A
256.08IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
6.14mg
(7%)
Calcium
49.71mg
(5%)
Iron
2.57mg
(14%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 47183
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 471.83kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 54.11g | 18% |
| Protein | 21g | 42% |
| Fat | 18.87g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 7.48g | 37% |
| Cholesterol | 53.48mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 1207.55mg | 50% |
| Potassium | 553.58mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 2.97g | 12% |
| Sugar | 6.08g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 256.08IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 6.14mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 49.71mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2.57mg | 14% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.