Topic: Pasta
Spaghetti is an Italian word means "thin string", the dish is orginally Italian but very common in many countries nowadays. It is one of my favorite recipes to cook since I was in high school and my friends liked it so much. I tried many ingredients already, sometimes I cooked it with shrimps and chicken but the former is always the best for me. My husband was not fond of spaghetti before we were married but now it is one of his favorites. I always add sugar, soy sauce and oyster sauce whenever I cooked one, these sauces will make a big difference to the classic spaghetti sauce and neutralized the sour tomato taste!
Ingredients:
500 g spaghetti, cooked
1 1/2 cups ground beef
1 carrot, shredded
2/3 cup baguio beans, sliced very thinly
2 onions, minced
2 ripe tomatoes, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2/3 tsp. ginger powder
1 1/2 cups traditional spaghetti sauce
1 cup tomato ketchup
1/4 cup soy sauce
3 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 1/2 cup beef broth or more
1 tsp. white sugar
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste
grated cheese
Directions:
1. Heat oil in a pan, saute garlic until brown, add onions and tomatoes and saute until the tomatoes are very tender.
2. Add the ground beef and bay leaf. Cook until the meat is done. Add carrots, beans and broth, season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.
3. Pour in the spaghetti sauce, ketchup, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and ginger powder. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Turn off the heat and adjust the seasonings.
5. Transfer to a bowl separately from the pasta.
Tips: Serve in 3 containers, the pasta, the sauce and the cheese. Let everyone mix their own to suit their personal taste of combining the mixtures.