Best Filipino Spaghetti Recipe (like Jollibee) From Scratch! (no banana ketchup!)

banana ketchup

🥗Healthier: tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: homemade ketchup

Tomato sauce offers a lower-sugar alternative.

ground pork

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground turkey is leaner and healthier.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: mozzarella cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Mozzarella is lower in fat.

hot dogs

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: regular sausages

Chicken sausage is a leaner option.

Boil water in a shallow pan or kettle until boiling.

Add 1 pound of spaghetti noodles to the boiling water and cook for 7 minutes, which is 1-2 minutes less than the package instructions.

Reserve about 1 cup of the pasta water before draining the spaghetti.

Dice 1/2 onion, 1/2 bell pepper, and 1 carrot (optional).

Use a veggie bullet or knife to finely chop the vegetables.

Heat 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil in the same pan used for the spaghetti.

Crush 5 garlic cloves using a garlic crusher and add to the pan, sautéing until fragrant.

Add the diced vegetables to the pan and sauté until softened.

Push the vegetables to the side of the pan and add 1 pound of ground beef, breaking it into smaller pieces as it cooks.

Once the ground beef is mostly cooked, add 6 sliced Filipino hot dogs to the pan.

Stir in the tomato sauce and mix everything together, allowing it to heat through.

Cooking Techniques

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