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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Jollibee Spaghetti Recipe aka Pinoy Spaghetti

(Picture above: We recently visited Jollibee in Queens, NY) This is what it looks like with their Chicken Joy . YUM!!!

What is Jollibee (Popular fast food restaurant in the Philippines, now also certain parts in the USA) Spaghetti? It's the cheesy spaghetti with the sweet tomato sauce with meat and cut up sausage and hotdog pieces. Filipinos are known for their sweet tooth, thus this dish. Compared to

the regular Italian spaghetti, this is Waaaay Sweeter. Here's my own version of the recipe. I've substituted ground dark turkey meat for the ground beef (to make it less fattening) and organic beef hotdog (without the nitrates).

Fry in a sauce pan: 2-3T EVOO (olive oil) 1/2lb ground Turkey Meat (or hormone free beef) When meat is brown, add 1-2 pcs of sliced organic hotdogs (beef or pork). Add 1 bottle of Ragu (Gardenstyle) or your favorite brand of Spahetti tomato Sauce. Mix 1/8 C (organic cane preferred) white sugar & 1/2 bottle of banana ketchup (you can find this at a Filipino/Asian market) or if not use a regular organic tomato ketchup. Simmer under low heat for 20 minutes. Season with ground black pepper, Italian seasoning.

Cook Spaghetti noodles according to package directions, al dente. Drain water. In a baking dish, Layer spaghetti and then the spaghetti sauce. Add Magnolia (a Filipino brand of quickmelt cheese), grated (or use American cheddar cheese) all over the top. Bake 5-10 minutes just until the cheese is melted. Posted by Crossmyheart at 12:55 PM Labels: spaghetti jollibee ala jollibee spaghetti Posted by Jane on Aug 29, '07 4:34 AM for everyone
This is post is especially for Sharon, one of my avid blog fans, lol! She asked me to share the ala-jollibee spag recipe that I learned from my Pinay friends here in Taiwan. To make it easier for me, I tried to search the recipe in the web (which I usually do, I even checked from the Jollibee website if they have it published but of course, theyll not do that otherwise, their spag will not be unique anymore) but didnt really find one. I grabbed a near resemblance and did 50% editing. Lol! Sha, Ill be happy to hear from you later that this recipe has satisfied your craving , if I may say so, for JB-spag.

Ingredients 1 kg. spaghetti noodles 1 kg. ground beef or pork ( 1/2 kg could be enough though) 1/4 kg. hotdogs, diagonally sliced (hotdogs here are different from the Filipino versions and I dont think they will go with the sauce so I skip this ingredient) 1 kg. tomato sauce ( if you can find banana ketchup, the better) Evaporated Filled Milk 370 mL or the biggest can size Sweetened Condensed Filled Milk 168mL or the smallest can size (I think they come in three sizes, 370mL is the L, 250mL is the M and 168mL is the S)

2 green bell peppers, diced (I also skip this ingredient. Diced carrots could be added as well) 2 onions, chopped 1 head garlic, minced (the more the better, I love the scent it generates when it is being sauteed) 3 tablespoons of cooking oil (again, I recommend Olive oil. Maybe adding butter will help, I never really tried it, hhmmnnn, I can try next time) Salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup grated cheese (or more, depends on your preference. Cheddar cheese is recommended for a creamier taste.) Instructions Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions. There you go; it is not stated cook noodles as usual anymore hahaha. While cooking the noodles, boil the ground meat in a separate pan. Simmer for at least 10mins. Drain afterwards. You can separate the soup if you desire and have it used in another recipe later. (It can be stored in the freezer for future use huh!). o PS. Others dont boil the meat separately, its your choice. In a separate pan, saut garlic and onions in cooking oil. Add ground meat and cook until the meat turns light brown. Since it has been boiled earlier; that is, if applicable, it can quickly turn into light brown. Add bell pepper and/or carrots. Add tomato sauce, condensed milk, evap milk, salt, pepper to taste then let simmer for 10 minutes. (Tantiya-tantiya kadi will do. Balance the sweet-sour taste. I think we look for that sweet taste, right?). Add hotdogs (if applicable). Add the cheese (Yup, it makes a difference when you add the cheese while cooking the sauce. Make sure you check how salty the cheese is so you would know how much salt youd add otherwise, it may turn out so salty. If that happens, you can neutralize it by adding sugar or milk if you have extra on hand) Mix sauce and noodles. (They can be served separately of course). Top with grated cheese.