Italian Meat Sauce Pasta
Italian Meat Sauce Pasta is a home-style staple dish at difficulty 1/5 (Beginner), about 1199 kcal. Italian Meat Sauce Pasta is a simple, quick home-style Western dish. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
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1199 kcal
Ingredients
- Pasta
- Pasta sauce
- Ground meat (minced pork or beef)
- White onion (purple onion is also okay)
Steps
- Boil water in a pot, then add the pasta (wait 6 - 12 minutes).
- While the water is boiling, you can prepare the next steps, but pay attention to the boiling time of the pasta.
- Dice the onion.
- Pour oil into an empty pot and add the chopped onions over medium heat.
- Stir constantly and be careful not to burn the onions until they become translucent.
- Add the ground meat and continue to stir (to loosen/scatter the meat) until the mince turns brown.
- Add the pasta sauce and stir slightly.
- Drain the cooked pasta and mix it into the sauce (or you can pour the prepared sauce directly over the cooked pasta).
Notes
Italian Meat Sauce Pasta is a simple, quick home-style Western dish. It features rich sauce and chewy noodles, making it suitable for busy daily life. The combination of mince and onion with ready-made pasta sauce provides a quick source of protein and carbohydrates, and the onion is rich in dietary fiber. This method is very beginner-friendly; the whole process only requires simple chopping and stir-frying, so it can be served in 15 minutes once you are skilled, offering more satisfaction than instant noodles.
Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★
Estimated Calories: 1199 kcal
Group: Italian Meat Sauce Pasta
Calculations:
Before cooking, determine how many servings you plan to make. One serving is just enough for 2 people.
Per serving:
- Pasta 180g (adjust according to appetite)
- Ground meat 80g (adjust according to appetite)
- Half a large onion (approx. 150g, usually twice the weight of the meat)
- Pasta sauce 300g (can be adjusted as needed)
- Cooking oil 10-15ml
Notes:
- Pasta comes in various thicknesses; please check the time indicated on the pasta box before boiling.
- Pasta sauce is not ketchup. Regular ketchup is accurately called 'tomato sauce' (番茄沙司), while pasta sauce and tomato sauce are both flavored tomato pastes, but they have different added seasonings.
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