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Naporitan (Japanese ketchup spaghetti)

Naporitan (Japanese ketchup spaghetti)

This strangely comforting pasta dish has sliced hotdogs and a sweet-sour sauce made with tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and milk.
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Spaghetti
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 180 grams spaghetti (6.3 oz)
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 medium yellow onion peeled and thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
  • 1 large bell pepper julienned
  • 300 grams hotdogs (10.5 oz) thinly sliced

Sauce

  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  • Dump the spaghetti in plenty of boiling water.
  • While the pasta cooks, melt the butter in a pan.
  • Saute the sliced onion, chopped garlic and julienned bell pepper until a bit softened.
    Sauteeing garlic, bell peppers and onion in butter
  • Add the sliced hotdogs and cook until heated through.
    Adding sliced hotdogs to sauteed onion, garlic and bell pepper
  • Mix together all the ingredients for the sauce.
    Steps in making sauce for Naporitan (Japanese ketchup spaghetti)
  • Pour into the pan with the sausages. Stir and cook until boiling.
    Pouring Naporitan sauce into pan with hotdogs and vegetables
  • Drain the spaghetti and dump into the sauce. Toss well.
    Tossing pasta in sauce to make Naporitan (Japanese ketchup spaghetti)
  • Serve your Naporitan sprinkled with grated Parmesan.