Thick, tangy banana ketchup is key to this savory-sweet Filipino spaghetti recipe, featuring hot dogs and ground pork as the base of a Bolognese-style sauce.
Christmas season in the Philippines starts in September. We build and string up festive lanterns called parol, holiday music streams through the streets, and everything is lit up for months. This excess of celebration culminates in one final party on Christmas Eve, or Noche Buena.
Buffet tables are set with all sorts of celebratory Filipino foods, but for me, the reason for the season is Filipino-style spaghetti. A mash-up of Filipino and American traditions, this now classic Filipino dish comprises tangy banana ketchup and tomato sauce, simmered with ground pork, sliced hot dogs, and lots of sliced garlic. Tossed with the requisite spaghetti noodles and topped with grated cheese , Filipino spaghetti sauce is sweeter and smokier than the Bolognese-style Italian spaghetti sauce American colonizers brought to the islands. This Southeast Asian comfort food is the perfect addition to a Christmas buffet . The meat sauce comes together in less than an hour—important when preparing several dishes in one night—and it’s undeniably ma sarap . If you don’t do pork, swap in ground beef—or make a vegetarian version with your favorite plant-based alternatives.
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