Spaghetti With Carbonara Sauce – Filipino Style
26 Apr
Ingredients:
- 36 oz bacon
- 10 oz Velveeta cheese
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 4 cans of cream of mushroom
- 1 cup water
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- Ground pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 3 lbs uncooked spaghetti
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- Optional: Chopped parsley.
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Procedure for the sauce:
- Chopped the bacon into small pieces. Then fry until its crispy. Ste aside. Drain the grease, but leave about 2 tbsp for sauteing.
- Saute garlic and onion. Mix in the bacon.
- Put the fish sauce and ground pepper.
- Mix in the cream of mushroom, and a cup of water. Let it simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Put the heavy whipping cream.
- Put the Velveeta cheese and let it melt. When the cheese has melted, its done.
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Procedure for the spaghetti:
- Boil some water.
- When its boiling, put the spaghetti and stir it constantly.
- When its nice and soft, its done.
- Drain the water and coat the spaghetti with butter.
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This particular Pinoy recipe, which I learned from Ate Malou, is very rich and delicious. This is not your ordinary Italian Carbonara sauce. I know that Carbonara sauce originates from Italy, but this one is way better. I say that this is a Filipino recipe not only because I learned this from the Philippines, but also is very different from the Italian style. This is different from the way they do it and most of all, the ingredients. I personally haven’t tried the Italian style yet, but I could say just by looking at the ingredients that this carbonara sauce taste a lot better. I could be wrong though. I might try the Italian style next time just to see.
But anyway, this Spaghetti with Carbonara Sauce is perfect for special occasions or even just for simple gatherings. Every time I get invited to a party, this recipe has been the most requested food for me to bring. So, I can say its really good. My husband, once again, likes it a lot. He never had this until I came here and cook it for him, and he was very impressed, and of course, I was very glad that he likes it.
I can’t really tell which is the key ingredient to this recipe. It’s not only the bacon, heavy whipping cream, or the cheese. I think its the combination of all. And the combination of the ingredients makes it perfect. There was one time that I forgot to put the cheese. It still turned out good though, but not as good as what I was expecting it to be. So yes, the cheese plays a great part when it comes to flavoring. Same thing with the heavy whipping cream. I tried using just regular milk before ( I ran out of heavy whipping cream) but it didn’t come out right. So I guess the key to making this particular Pinoy recipe perfect is having all the ingredients together. No more, no less.
thank you…i would definitely try this recipe… thank you for making it so much easier..i always thought carbonara is hard to make, after watching your video can’t wait til i get the ingredients….
I have tried cooking this before, it is really yummy. But I am not sure the name “CARBONARA” is appropriate even if it is “FILIPINO STYLE”. ” Spaghetti in Creamy ( Mushroom) Sauce” would be the name, because none of the creamy sauce you mentioned isn’t really needed. Carbonara has no cream added, it’s only egg yolks, bacon and cheese for the main ingredients. Sorry.
Frances, what you said about carbonara is true. I myself asked the same question when I found out that the “real” carbonara is made out of cheese, egg yolk, and bacon. But anyway, just like what I’ve said, this recipe came from a friend of mine and this is her recipe of carbonara. I don’t know why she call it carbonara, but one thing for sure, this recipe is awesome
Thank you… I’ve tried cooking carbonara sauce but i use del monte pasta carbonara sauce and cheesy magic pouches instead of cream of mushroom cans and velveeta cheese. I just follow this ingrdients to complete. Then i serve… Its delicious…
Hi Lala, you said carbonara sauce and cheesy magic pouches? That’s sounds good. I might try that too. Thanks for sharing