Filipino Style Spaghetti

About

This Keto recipe is our low carb take on Filipino spaghetti. Rich with a sweet tomato sauce and tender pork, this easy Keto Tagalog recipe makes a great weeknight dinner option for the whole family to enjoy. This is a great option if you wish to add a bit of variety to dinner times, and offers a sweet variation on a classic Italian spaghetti.

What Is Filipino Spaghetti?

Filipino spaghetti is the Pinoy inspired version of spaghetti bolognese. Spaghetti is cooked with a sugar-sweetened tomato sauce or banana ketchup. The dish usually includes ground pork and sliced hotdogs and is topped with shredded cheese to serve. To make our Keto inspired Filipino recipe, we have made a few simple low carb substitutions. To sweeten our sauce, we have used a simple tomato sauce infused with low carb syrup. As traditional hotdogs can include non-Keto-friendly additives, we have replaced these with breakfast sausages and used Shirataki noodles in place of spaghetti.

Can I Use an Alternative Noodle?

We have prepared our low carb Tagalog recipe with Shirataki noodles to recreate the consistency and texture of spaghetti. If you would rather use an alternative noodle, zucchini noodles and spaghetti squash would make excellent alternatives. Please be sure to adjust your macros to account for any changes made to the original recipe.

Ingredients

9 ounce shirataki noodle by house foods
5 ounce ground pork
2 tablespoon maple flavored syrup by lakanto
2 link – each 0.7 ounce breakfast sausage, pork
2 tablespoon, grated cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon white onion
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup tomato sauce
⅓ cup chicken broth, bouillon or consomme, ready-to-serve can

Instructions

Finely dice the onion and thinly slice the garlic. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over a low/medium heat. Add the onion and garlic to the skillet. Sweat gently for 2-3 minutes until tender and fragrant.
Roughly chop the sausages into bite sized chunks. Add the sausages to the saucepan along with the ground pork. Cook over a medium heat until everything is well browned all over.
Add the tomato sauce and chicken stock to the saucepan. Bring up to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and add the maple-flavored syrup. Continue to simmer the sauce for 10 minutes to reduce. You may use an alternative stock such as vegetable if you wish. You may also season with salt and pepper as desired. This will depend on the strength of the seasoning already in your stock.
While the sauce is simmering, drain and rinse the Shirataki noodles thoroughly. Add the noodles to a dry saucepan over a low/medium heat. Heat the noodles through for 7-8 minutes. The noodles should be hot through and slightly firm.
Once the spaghetti sauce has reduced, add the noodles to the pan. Stir together well to coat the noodles in the sauce. You may taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
Divide the noodles and sauce evenly between two individual serving bowls. Top the noodles with the grated cheddar cheese to serve. Serve the spaghetti hot.