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Mom’s Stir-fried Spaghetti

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  • Author: Sharon Chen
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Main Course
  • Method: Stove
  • Cuisine: Chinese American

Description

Wonder how to make spaghetti exotic? Here is a tasty stir-fried spaghetti recipe that’s touched by an Asian hand. It’s made with simple ingredients that you might already have in your kitchen.


Ingredients

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  • 8 ounces spaghetti
  • 2 cups whole mushroom, sliced
  • 1 cup green bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 cup celery, sliced
  • 1 cup smoked ham, shredded (omit ham if you are vegetarian)
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 1/2 cup onion, sliced
  • 1/2 cup carrot, sliced
  • Ground black pepper
  • Cilantro for garnishing

    For the cooking sauce:

  • 1/2 cup regular tomato based pasta sauce
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar

Instructions

  1. Cook spaghetti according to the package instruction. Typically, place spaghetti in boiled water with a pinch of salt and cook for 11 minutes.
  2. While cooking the spaghetti, slice all the vegetables and ham. Prepare cooking sauce by mixing the ingredients together in a bowl.
  3. When the spaghetti is done, rinse in cold water and drain. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and stir to prevent the noodles from sticking. Set aside.
  4. Now heat up the remaining oil in a large nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and carrot. Sauté for 1 minute until onion is translucent.
  5. Add other vegetables and stir for 2 minutes.
  6. Place ham and cooked spaghetti in the same pan. Add cooking sauce and a pinch of ground black pepper. Mix everything evenly. (Stirring could be a little difficult at this point because of the spaghetti. An easy way is to move all the ingredients with a spatula in one hand and a fork or a pair of chopsticks in the other hand.)
  7. Turn off the heat. Dish, garnish with cilantro and serve.

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