The Pinoy Spaghetti or simply, “spaghetti” as we Pinoys call it, is the Filipino version of Spaghetti Bolognese. Every household has its version of the Pinoy Spaghetti, some making use of simply ground pork and hotdog, others corned beef, and a few others, tuna. It is usually sweet in favor, in contrast to Italy’s sour and mildly spicy Bolognese sauce.
Whatever the ingredients are, Pinoy Spaghetti has become a staple food during birthday parties, Christmas and other Pinoy gatherings.
Here’s my version of the Pinoy Spaghetti.
Ingredients:
1 medium-sized red onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup button mushrooms, sliced (or you may buy the pieces and stems in can)
1 piece Tender Juicy or CDO jumbo hotdog, sliced in diagonal pieces
2 slices of CDO cooked ham, diced
1/4 kilo lean ground pork
1 220 ml sachet of Del Monte’s Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce
30 ml Del Monte tomato sauce (I use the transparent cup that comes with rice cookers)
1/3 (of a cube) Knorr Pork Cube
Salt and pepper to taste
About 100 gms spaghetti noodles
Cheddar cheese, grated (for topping)
Directions:
- Boil spaghetti noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
- In a separate pan, start making your Pinoy Spaghetti sauce. Saute onions in low heat until transparent.
- Add in lean ground pork and cook until brown.
- Add in button mushrooms and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Add in hotdog slices and cooked ham and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Pour in Del Monte’s Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce and tomato sauce.
- Drop in Knorr Pork Cube to the sauce. Add a dash of salt and pepper (though not much salt, as the pork cube already brings flavor to the mixture). Let the pork cube dissolve with the sauce by simmering in low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring from time to time to prevent the sauce from sticking to the pan.
- Pour sauce over cooked noodles and top with cheddar cheese.
- Enjoy! Serves about 4-5.
I love spaghetti since I was a child. My mom always cooks me, my brothers and my sister whenever it's our birthday or other special occasions that needs celebrating. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Now I can cook for my mom.
Aaaw…That's very sweet. I hope your mom likes this version of Spaghetti.
Nice recipe, this is really yummy. There is nothing to argue about. Keep posting stuff like this i really like it. thank you for sharing this recipe..
Thanks Charenn :)Glad you liked it 🙂
Grabe, nakaka-miss to. Lalo na yung banana ketchup yung gamit!
Yung spaghetti ala-Jollibee!I used to add banana catsup in my recipe but my husband likes the sauce sour kasi, kaya ngayon di ko na siya nilalagyan.