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

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 🍳

  1. Finely dice or thinly slice the onion and button mushrooms into bite-sized pieces for easy cooking.
  2. Melt a generous amount of butter in a preheated pan, then add ground beef, onion, and button mushrooms.
  3. Season lightly with salt and black pepper, then sauté until the onion becomes translucent and sweet.
  4. Once the onion is translucent, pour in the entire bottle of store-bought tomato sauce and simmer gently to create a savory spaghetti sauce.
  5. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add a little salt and olive oil, then cook the pasta according to your preferred texture.
  6. Drain the cooked pasta and add it to the pan with the tomato sauce, tossing well to coat evenly.
  7. Plate the spaghetti neatly and sprinkle dried parsley on top for a subtle aroma.
  8. 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.
  1. Melt butter in a pan, sauté beef, onion, and mushrooms with salt and pepper, then add tomato sauce and simmer.
  2. Cook pasta in boiling salted water with olive oil, then toss with the sauce.
  3. 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.
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