Ttukdak Hyung's School Lunch Tomato Spaghetti
A nostalgic school lunch-style spaghetti with tomato sauce enriched by sautéing ground beef and button mushrooms in butter, served with a side of creamy instant soup.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who miss the sweet and tangy, soft spaghetti they used to eat in the school cafeteria
- ⭐ Those who want to whip up a quick and satisfying pasta dish using store-bought sauce without complicated measurements
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Ingredients needed 🛒1 servings
- ground beef
- onion
- button mushrooms
- butter
- 1 bottle store-bought tomato sauce
- pasta
- instant cream soup powder
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- olive oil, to taste
- dried parsley, to taste
Recipe 🍳
- Finely dice or thinly slice the onion and button mushrooms into bite-sized pieces for easy cooking.
- Melt a generous amount of butter in a preheated pan, then add ground beef, onion, and button mushrooms.
- Season lightly with salt and black pepper, then sauté until the onion becomes translucent and sweet.
- Once the onion is translucent, pour in the entire bottle of store-bought tomato sauce and simmer gently to create a savory spaghetti sauce.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil, add a little salt and olive oil, then cook the pasta according to your preferred texture.
- Drain the cooked pasta and add it to the pan with the tomato sauce, tossing well to coat evenly.
- Plate the spaghetti neatly and sprinkle dried parsley on top for a subtle aroma.
- In a pot, bring water to a boil, add the instant cream soup powder, and whisk to prevent lumps until thickened. Serve alongside the spaghetti.
- Melt butter in a pan, sauté beef, onion, and mushrooms with salt and pepper, then add tomato sauce and simmer.
- Cook pasta in boiling salted water with olive oil, then toss with the sauce.
- Prepare the instant cream soup and serve together with the spaghetti on a tray or plate.
Cooking tips 💡
- To use up the remaining tomato sauce in the bottle, add a tiny amount of water, shake, and pour into the sauce pan.
- Adding a few drops of olive oil to the pasta cooking water helps prevent the noodles from sticking together.





