My kids' school celebrated 'Family Day' recently at the Family Park in Talamban, Cebu City. It is an annual event wherein students of all year levels from the school's two campuses get to dance on the wide field, and families play bingo and have picnic. Traditionally, every family contributes one viand for lunch, and this time, I was tasked to bring pasta. Here's my own version of baked spaghetti using a microwave oven:
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| Microwave-baked Spaghetti: Yummy with a Guilt |
Ingredients:
spaghetti noodle ground pork
cream, 2 packs bell pepper, chopped
milk, 1 cup butter, 75 g.
spaghetti sauce sausage, sliced
garlic, chopped onion, chopped
chicken cubes cornstarch, 2 tbsp.
Basic Spaghetti
1. Cook the spaghetti noodle according to package direction. (Ratio: one-fourth of noodle to one kilo of spaghetti sauce.)
2. Heat a wok or a frying pan, saute ground meat until golden brown. Add garlic, onion and bell pepper. Once the onion is translucent, pour the spaghetti sauce and drop one chicken cube, 1 teaspoon of salt, and milled pepper.
3. Once the sauce begins to boil, add the sausage. When it boils again, lower the heat and transfer half of the sauce in a container to set aside.
4. Mix the cooked noodles with half of the sauce remaining in the pan/wok. Heat up a bit before adding one packet of all-purpose cream. Mix again until the sauce blends well with the noodles.
5. The spaghetti is all done at this point. It's time to place the mixed noodles on a microwave-safe baking dish, then pour on top the other half of the sauce set aside earlier.
2. Heat a wok or a frying pan, saute ground meat until golden brown. Add garlic, onion and bell pepper. Once the onion is translucent, pour the spaghetti sauce and drop one chicken cube, 1 teaspoon of salt, and milled pepper.
3. Once the sauce begins to boil, add the sausage. When it boils again, lower the heat and transfer half of the sauce in a container to set aside.
4. Mix the cooked noodles with half of the sauce remaining in the pan/wok. Heat up a bit before adding one packet of all-purpose cream. Mix again until the sauce blends well with the noodles.
5. The spaghetti is all done at this point. It's time to place the mixed noodles on a microwave-safe baking dish, then pour on top the other half of the sauce set aside earlier.
1. On the same pan/wok, heat up 1/3 butter until melted, then add cornstarch, stirring and mixing to incorporate well and cook. (Do not go away while doing this as the butter gets easily burned and the milk curdles very fast.)
2. Add 1 cup of milk stirring constantly the mixture until it thickens, then pour the cream.
3. Put one-fourth chicken cubes to taste. Continue stirring until a bit golden and thick. Pour the mixture to your prepared spaghetti noodle on the baking dish.
4. Microwave for 10-15 minutes or until the topside turns golden brown.
2. Add 1 cup of milk stirring constantly the mixture until it thickens, then pour the cream.
3. Put one-fourth chicken cubes to taste. Continue stirring until a bit golden and thick. Pour the mixture to your prepared spaghetti noodle on the baking dish.
4. Microwave for 10-15 minutes or until the topside turns golden brown.
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