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Pinoy Style Spaghetti

This recipe is one of my classic favorite. Everytime there is an occasion in the Philippines, you will always see spaghetti served in the table. This is because of the supersticious belief that it can longer the celebrant's life. An alternative to 'pansit'. Now, I'll be sharing to you how to cook the real Pinoy spaghetti that is sweeter than the italian version and of course we will be using our very own red hotdogs. This is fairly easy. No fancy herbs and even the one that has just been practising how to cook can do this.

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo (2.2 lbs) spaghetti noodles
• 3/4 kilo (1.65 lbs) ground beef
• 3/4 kilo (1.65 lbs) hot dogs
• Spaghetti sauce (use 750g (26.5 ounce) pouch in this recipe)
• 1 cup minced onion
• 1 head of garlic finely minced
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 bottle banana ketchup
• 1 box quick melt cheese
• 1/2 cup water
• salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:

• Boil the spaghetti noodles as per package instructions. Make sure that they are not so soft.
• Slice the hotdogs in wedges. I suggest you do slanting cuts with with 1/4 inch per slice.
• Heat some oil. Saute garlic and onions. Then add in the meat. Cook till brown. Season with some salt and pepper.
• Pour in the spaghetti sauce, ketchup, sugar and water.
• Mix and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until it gets thick and red.
• Add in the hot dogs last. Mix and just let the hot dogs heat through.
• Make sure to give the noodles a quick rinse after their cooked and strained them. Just to remove the excess starch.

So at this point in time, we are done with the sauce and boiling the noodles. It's serving time! It will be of your personal preference whether you'll mix the spaghetti sauce right away or serve the pasta and sauce separately. Me, i prefer to serve them separately to satisfy my guest's preference. It's more classy too to serve them separately. Adding cheese will make it more delicious. Weew.