Filipino Sweet Spaghetti

This Spaghetti recipe is Filipino style. Traditionally made with sweet spaghetti sauce, banana sauce, ground meat and red hot dogs. Filipino Spaghetti is sweet and flavorful. Sauce is thick and loaded with meat topped with shredded cheddar cheese.
​If you are not Filipino, you are probably wondering what is Banana Sauce? Banana Sauce is also called ketchup by many Filipinos. Not like the regular ketchup made from tomatoes, this was made from banana and other ingredients with added food color. So this sauce is not sour but instead it is lightly sweetened. 

Red hot dogs are the hot dogs Filipinos grew up eating. If you are in another country, Filipino grocery stores may carry it depending on your location. Here in California, I was lucky enough to live just 3 miles away from Seafood City. Easy for me to include this with my spaghetti. If you can't find it, feel free to replace with spam or ham or omit if desired. As long as you have a lot of meat your spaghetti will taste great. For the sauce, I used 3 cups of UFC Spaghetti Sauce and  3 cups UFC banana sauce. The combination of these two makes a great spaghetti sauce. 
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Give it a try and let me know what you think about this recipe by leaving a comment below. Enjoy! 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2- 2 lbs ground pork or beef
• 4-5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 15-20 pieces Filipino red hot dogs (sliced diagonally)
• 3 cups or 35 oz Sweet Style Del Monte orUFC Spaghetti Sauce
• 3 cups or 3 (11.29 oz bottles) UFC banana sauce
• 2-3 tbsp cooking oil  for sauteing
• 3 -4 tbsp granulated sugar, adjust accordingly or omit if desired
• salt & pepper to taste 
• 1/3 cup grated cheese and more  for topping

Procedure:

• Heat the cooking oil in a wok and saute garlic and onion. Cook until onion is soft and translucent.
• Add the ground meat and continue cooking until the meat is no longer pink.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the hot dogs. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
• Add the spaghetti sauce, banana sauce and sugar.
• Cook on low to medium heat while stirring occasionally for 15 minutes or until the sauce gets thick.
• Season with salt & pepper if desired.
• Serve with spaghetti noodles (see package directions in cooking the spaghetti noodles).
• Top with grated cheese.
• Enjoy!

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