Vegan Napolitan Dog
Vegan Napolitan Dog is a Japanese style hot dog made with the Japanese ketchup pasta dish called Spaghetti Napolitan. It's a hidden Japanese food discovery that you may never knew existed!Yield: the recipe makes 4 dogs
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 4 hot dog buns or pretzel hot dog buns
- 4 oz spaghetti break in half
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced yellow onion
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green bell pepper
- 1/4 cup drained canned corn or frozen corn kernels
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt adjust to taste
- 1/8 tsp black pepper adjust to taste
- 4 tbsp ketchup
- 1/4 cup pasta cooking water as necessary
- Unsalted vegan butter to smear on the buns
- minced parsley to garnish, optional
- Tabasco sauce optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 375 °F (200 °C.)
- Meanwhile, prepare the hot dog buns. Make a v-shaped slit on top of the buns then cut it out to make a cavity to place the pasta later. Set it aside.
- Boil water in a large pot. Salt the water and start cooking spaghetti for 10-12 minutes (or follow the instructions on the package.) Reserve the pasta cooking water.
- While the pasta is cooking, prepare the rest. Heat up a frying pan at medium high heat. Pour extra virgin olive oil. Add onion and cook for 2-3 minutes. Then, add green bell pepper and corn. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Season with garlic powder, salt, and black pepper.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add ketchup and pasta cooking water (start with 2 tbsp then use more if necessary.) Mix well and continue to simmer until the pasta is done.
- Drain the spaghetti then transfer to the sauce. Give a quick toss. Set it aside.
- Toast the buns for 5-7 minutes. Take them out the oven and smear butter inside of the toasted buns.
- Put the spaghetti in the cavity of the buns. Garnish with minced parsley (optional) and add a few dashes of tabasco sauce for a kick (optional.)
Notes
- For the pasta part, use Vegan Spaghetti Napolitan recipe as an option.