nagoya-style spaghetti

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ingredients:

• 2 slices bacon
• 5 ounces onion
• 3 (4 ounces) green peppers
• 7 ounces spaghetti
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 quarts water

sauce:

• 4 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon Chinese soup stock powder
• 1 1/4 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon potato starch (katakuriko)

step 1:

Cut the bacon slices into 8 equal portions. Slice the onion. Remove seeds from the green pepper and slice into 0.5-cm wide pieces.

step 2:

Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl.

step 3:

Put the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the bacon, onion and green pepper. Stir fry for a couple of minutes and remove from the heat.

step 4:

Pour the water into a pan. Bring to a boil and add the spaghetti.

step 5:

Cook the spaghetti until done. Remove from pan and drain in a colander. Add the spaghetti to the bacon, onion and green pepper in the frying pan. Mix and cook for a few minutes. Serve in a dish.

step 6:

Pour the mixed sauce into a pan. Bring to a boil on medium heat. Pour the sauce over the stirred spaghetti.