pork cutlets & spaghetti with meat sauce

  • Serves: 4
  • Calories: 769 kcal
  • Total Time: 1 h 15 m
    • Prep: 45 m
    • Cook: 30 m
  • Japanese: Supa-katsu

ingredients:

  • 4 deep-fried breaded pork cutlets
  • 14 ounces spaghetti
  • 4 quarts water
  • 1 to 1 1/3 ounces salt for boilng spaghetti
  • 1/2 ounce salad oil or lard
  • a little salt for stir-frying the spaghetti
  • a little pepper for stir-frying the spaghetti

meat sauce:

  • 7 ounces ground beef, pork
  • or beef and pork blend
  • 5 1/4 ounces onion
  • 3 1/2 ounces carrot
  • 14 ounces canned tomatoes
  • 1/3 cup red wine
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons salt for cooking meat sauce

step 1:

Make the meat sauce. Chop the garlic, onion and carrot. Heat the 1 tablespoon of olive oil and add the garlic and cook on low heat until it becomes fragrant. Add the onion and carrot and sear over a medium flame until the onion turns clear.

step 2:

Add the meat, salt and pepper, and stir. When the meat changes color, add the wine and cook until all the liquid is absorbed.

step 3:

Add the canned tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer about 15 minutes on low heat. Add salt and pepper as needed, if desired.

step 4:

Pour the water into a pan. Bring to a boil. Add the30 to 40 g salt and spaghetti. Cook the spaghetti until done. Remove from the pan and drain in a colander.

step 5:

Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the spaghetti and salt and pepper. Cook for a couple of minutes while sometimes stirring.

step 6:

If the pork cutlets are cold, warm them up in the microwave. Cut into bite-size rectangular pieces.

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Place the spaghetti on four plates and put the pork cutlets on top. Pour the meat sauce over each.

comment:

This dish, Supa-katsu is quite hearty and delicious ("Supa" is a shortened word in Japanese for "spaghetti," and "katsu" means "breaded cutlet.") It was first made for fishermen at a restaurant in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan's most northern main island, and later spread to the general Hokkaido population. At that restaurant, this dish is usually served on a sizzling hot iron plate, allowing you to enjoy it piping hot.