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Filipino spaghetti
Filipino-style spaghetti: sweet banana-ketchup sauce with minced pork, hot dogs and cheese
FilipinoAt children's birthday parties and on the Christmas Eve table in the Philippines, spaghetti comes sweet: a tomato sauce sweetened with banana ketchup and sugar, packed with minced pork and coins of red hot dog, and buried under grated cheese. It is pure nostalgia, beloved by kids and adults alike. The pork here is minced pork, simmered until well cooked through. Chef's tip: brown the hot dog slices separately before they go into the sauce; simmered from raw they turn soft and rubbery instead of slightly crisp at the edges.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
- 1 ⅛ lb spaghetti
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 hot dogs (frankfurters)sliced into coins
- 1 onionfinely chopped
- 4 cloves garlicminced
- 14 oz minced pork
- 1 ⅛ lb tomato passata
- ¾ cup banana ketchupor tomato ketchup
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 4 oz mild cheddarfinely grated
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a deep pan over a medium-high heat and fry 4 hot dogs (frankfurters) until browned at the edges, 3–4 minutes. Lift out and set aside.
4 minStep 3: Add 14 oz minced pork and fry, breaking it up, until no pink remains and it starts to brown, 6–8 minutes.
7 minStep 4: Stir in 1 ⅛ lb tomato passata, ¾ cup banana ketchup, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp black pepper. Simmer gently, partly covered, for 15 minutes, stirring now and then, until thick and glossy. Return the hot dogs for the last 5 minutes; the sauce should be bubbling and the pork at 160°F.
15 minStep 5: Meanwhile cook 1 ⅛ lb spaghetti in salted boiling water until just tender, then drain.
10 minStep 6: Serve the spaghetti with the sauce spooned thickly over and a heap of 4 oz mild cheddar on top.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 690 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 86 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does filipino spaghetti take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 35 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of spaghetti?
- Linguine or any long pasta, same amount.
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
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