Pico de Gallo Spaghetti

Today, I was really lazy to cook something up. I then decided to go with a simple spaghetti. I didn't even really premeditate this. My plan was going to go with my own typical Filipino spaghetti, though I would be lacking the irreplaceable hot dogs. Next thing I know, I was going with something completely different from what I usually do, and I ended up with this:

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/2 white onion, chopped
• 1 large tomato, chopped
• Handful of cilantro, minced
• Half of a lime (or lemon)
• 2 tablespoons of low sodium soy sauce
• 1/3 cup of spicy banana ketchup (Jufran)
• 4 cups of Prego spaghetti sauce
• 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
• One regular-sized package of wheat spaghetti noodles
• Salt, ground black pepper, sugar (seasoned to your preference)

Random, is it not?

Directions

Boil the spaghetti noodles. Pour into colander and drizzle with olive oil to prevent clumping.

Saute the onions and garlic with olive oil until slightly golden. Throw in the ground beef for about 5-7 minutes until a slight crisp brown. Stir in the Prego and warm until barely boiling. Mix in the cilantro, lime, banana ketchup, soy sauce, tomatoes. Season with salt, black pepper, and sugar to liking.

Pour sauce onto noodles and ready to serve.

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I must say this was awkwardly interesting. I didn't realize that it had all the ingredients of pico de gallo until I tasted it. And I was pleasantly surprised. Maybe I can call this my Mexican Spaghetti, haha. This will remind me that experiments don't always come out horrible.