SPAGHETTI WITH TOMATO CHICKEN SAUCE

Made with large amount of fresh tomatoes, the tomato chicken sauce is very nutritious and delicious, best served with spaghetti, which is kids’ all time favourite.

Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients for tomato sauce:

• 1.2 kg tomatoes
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 2 tbsps sugar
• 1 tbsp dried mixed herbs
• 150 g tomato ketchup

Ingredients for tomato chicken sauce:

• 600 g boneless chicken whole leg meat
• 1 ¼ tsp ground white pepper
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 2 ½ tsp sugar
• 3 tbsps cooking oil
• 140 g yellow onion
• 20 g garlic
• prepared tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp plain flour + 1 ½ tbsps plain water

Ingredients for spaghetti:

• 500 g spaghetti
• 4 Litres plain water
• 2 ½ tsp fine salt
• 1 tbsp cooking oil

1. Make “x” cut at the bottom of tomatoes with knife. Boil in hot water for a while until the skin starts to crack. Remove and soak in plain water. Peel the skin off.



2. Dice the tomatoes, remove the seeds. 



3. Preheat cooking pan, add in diced tomatoes, cook until softened, then mash with spatula.



4. Add in salt, sugar, dried mixed herbs and tomato ketchup, mix well. Transfer tomato sauce to a bowl for later use.

For tomato chicken sauce:



1. Grind boneless chicken whole leg meat. Add in ground white pepper, salt and sugar, mix well. Dice yellow onion and chop garlic.



2. Preheat 3 tbsps of cooking oil, add in onion and garlic, cook for 1 minute. Add in ground chicken meat, cook for about 4 minutes.



3. Add in the prepared tomato sauce, mix well. Bring to the boil, continue cooking for 1 minute. Mix 1 tbsp of plain flour with 1 ½ tbsps of water, add in and mix well. Bring to the boil again, cook until the sauce has thickened.

For spaghetti:



1. Bring water to the boil, add in salt. Add in spaghetti, bring to the boil again, cook over medium heat for 13-15 minutes. Drain the spaghetti, then rinse with plain water until cooled. (Reminder: Cooking time is just for reference. The cooking time for different brand of spaghetti might be slightly different, please refer to the instructions on the packaging. The spaghetti used in the video is San Remo brand, I cook it for 15 minutes. For Prego brand, I cook it for 13 minutes.)



2. Add in 1 tbsp of cooking oil, toss to coat well.

Photo & Recipe credited to: MyKitchen101