Filipino Style Spaghetti

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb spaghetti noodles
• 26 ounces spaghetti sauce (i like prego or rinaldi brand)
• 12 ounces jufran banana ketchup (usually easy to find in the asian grocery aisle)
• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey
• 6 hot dogs
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2/3 cup onion, diced
• 1 cup carrot, diced into cubes
• 1/8 cup sugar (optional)
• 1 bay leaf
• grated cheese, of your choice (anything that melts nicely)
• olive oil, for cooking
• water, for cooking pasta
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 cook the noodles as per package direction. drain and rinse. set aside.
• 2 slice the hot dogs on the bias (diagonally) and nuke them til cooked, about 1-2 minutes depending on your microwave.
• 3 heat some oil. saute garlic and onions. then add in the meat. cook till brown. season with some salt and pepper.
• 4 pour in the spaghetti sauce, banana ketchup, sugar, bay leaf and water.
• 5 mix and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until it gets thick and red.
• 6 add in the hot dogs last. mix and just let the hot dogs heat through. sauce is done!
• 7 top the noodles with the warm sauce. sprinkle with quick melt cheese!