Baked Macaroni – Pinoy Style Recipe

Baked macaroni are easy to cook pasta meal. It requires basic cooking skills and everybody will be impressed by you.
There was one time that we have left-over spaghetti sauce at home, I wanted to have a delicious, sumptuous snack and we don’t have a spaghetti pasta stored. So, I settled on elbow macaroni. Without checking for recipes, I just generously placed all the cheese we had and wasn’t even contented, baked it in the oven. And that’s how I discovered cooking baked macaroni.

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INGREDIENTS:

  • ½ kilogram macaroni elbow
  • Cooking or vegetable oil
  • ¼ kilogram ground pork
  • 1/8 cup cooked ham, diced
  • Half-bulb garlic, minced finely
  • 1 medium white sweet onion, diced
  • 1 piece laurel leaf
  • 2 cups tomato sauce (sweet style)
  • 100 ml. banana ketchup
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup Grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup Grated easy or quick melt cheese

PROCEDURE:

Cooking Macaroni:
  1. Cook macaroni in a pot of boiling water with ¼ tsp. salt and ½ tablespoon cooking oil or until al dente according to package instructions.
  2. Once cooked, drain completely then set aside.

Cooking Meat Sauce:
  1. In a large cooking or sauce pan, heat cooking or vegetable oil, sauté garlic until golden brown and toss in onion just until it becomes a little translucent.
  2. Add ground pork until meat becomes tender. I usually sprinkle a little salt to bring out the meat flavor. Don’t forget the laurel leaf.
  3. Mix in cooked ham, sauté a little then add ½ cup water, tomato sauce and banana ketchup.
  4. Season with sugar, salt and pepper.
  5. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
  6. Remove from heat, set aside. Let it cool for a while then combine meat sauce with macaroni.
  7. Toss in some cheese into the macaroni. The remaining cheese will be used as toppings.

Baking:
  1. Preheat oven at 375° F.
  2. In a baking pan or dish of desired size, spread macaroni into the pan.
  3. Spread remaining cheese on top of the macaroni.
  4. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese melts or until cheese becomes golden brown in color.
  5. Remove from oven and serve while still warm.

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