Filipino Spaghetti

Name: Filipino Spaghetti
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 1 lb spaghetti pasta; 1 lb ground pork; 8 oz hot dogs, sliced, sliced; 2 cups tomato sauce; 1/2 medium yellow onion, finely diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 4 tbsp tomato ketchup; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; to taste salt and black pepper

Sweet spaghetti with ground pork and hot dogs in a savory-sweet tomato sauce, a beloved Filipino comfort food trending on social media.

45 minEasyServes 4440 cal/serving

FilipinoDinnerStovetopStandard

Cook this free in the appFree. No download, no account. The screen stays awake and each step can run its own timer.

Ingredients

1 lb spaghetti pasta
1 lb ground pork
8 oz hot dogs, sliced, sliced
2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 medium yellow onion, finely diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp brown sugar
4 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 tbsp vegetable oil
to taste salt and black pepper

Instructions

1

Cook 1 lb spaghetti pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain and set aside.
2

Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Cook 1 lb ground pork until browned, breaking it up as it cooks, about 8 minutes. Remove and set aside.
3

In the same pan, sauté 4 cloves minced garlic and 1/2 medium finely diced yellow onion until softened, about 2 minutes.
4

Add 2 cups tomato sauce, 4 tbsp tomato ketchup, and 2 tbsp brown sugar. Stir well and simmer for 5 minutes.
5

Return ground pork to the pan and add 8 oz sliced hot dogs, sliced. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6

Season with to taste salt and black pepper to taste.
7

Add the cooked spaghetti to the sauce and toss to combine.
8

Serve hot and enjoy.

Cook this free in the appCooking it now? The app keeps the screen awake and times each step. Free, nothing to install.

Keep this recipe

Prints the ingredients and method only.

The Filipino Kitchen 30 recipes from this kitchen in one printable PDF. $5, no account.

Questions

What is Filipino Spaghetti?

Sweet spaghetti with ground pork and hot dogs in a savory-sweet tomato sauce, a beloved Filipino comfort food trending on social media. This reference files it under Filipino dinner: made on the stovetop, rated easy and about 45 minutes start to finish.

Is there a substitute for brown sugar in Filipino Spaghetti?

The entry for Filipino Spaghetti calls for 2 tbsp brown sugar. In its place: White sugar with a tablespoon of molasses per cup. Without molasses, plain white sugar works but bakes up crisper and paler.

Can I use ground chicken or turkey instead of ground pork in Filipino Spaghetti?

Yes. Use dark-meat ground chicken or turkey if you can, and add a teaspoon of oil per half pound, since pork brings fat that poultry does not. As written, the entry for Filipino Spaghetti uses 1 lb ground pork.

Can I make Filipino Spaghetti gluten-free?

Yes. The gluten in Filipino Spaghetti is 1 lb spaghetti pasta. Swap the pasta for a gluten-free one, cooked a minute short of its package time. Everything else proceeds as written.

How many calories are in Filipino Spaghetti?

One serving (the recipe makes 4) is about 440 calories, with 18 g protein, 52 g carbohydrate and 16 g fat, plus 3 g fiber and 680 mg sodium.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is 4,544 plain-text recipes, free to read and free to cook from. No account, no paywall, no ads, no life stories. Open this one in the app and each quantity sits inside the step that uses it, so you read once and cook.

Every recipe is curated or public-domain sourced, written to one template and checked before it publishes. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually; the first 30 days are free.