Chinese Spaghetti and Meatballs

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray, 2007

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Dialed In

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Total Time:
50 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
30 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • Salt
  • 1 pound whole-wheat spaghetti
  • 1 pound ground pork or chicken
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups puffed rice cereal
  • Black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder, 1/3 palm full
  • 8 scallions, 2 finely chopped, 6 cut into 2-inch lengths
  • 2 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup tamari dark soy, divided
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
  • 2 cups snow peas, thinly sliced on an angle
  • 1 red bell pepper, very thinly sliced
  • 2 inches ginger root, grated
  • 4 cloves garlic, grated
  • 1 pound triple washed spinach, leaves stripped of larger stems, coarsely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil, available on Asian foods aisle of market
  • 3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds, available on Asian foods aisle of market

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Place a pot of water on to boil for spaghetti. When it comes to a boil, salt the water and add pasta to cook to al dente. Heads up: reserve 1/2 cup cooking water just before draining.

Place pork in a mixing bowl. Add the egg to the bowl. Place rice cereal in food processor and pulse into a bread crumb like consistency. Add cereal crumbs to bowl.

Add salt, pepper, five-spice powder, 2 chopped scallions and 2 tablespoons soy sauce. Mix the meat balls thoroughly. Form 1 1/2-inch balls and coat with 1 tablespoon oil, scatter onto a baking sheet and roast 15 minutes.

When the meatballs are close to done and the pasta is in, heat a large skillet over high heat with enough vegetable oil to coat the bottom of the skillet, a couple of tablespoons. Add the snow peas, red pepper, remaining cut scallions, ginger and garlic, stir-fry 2 minutes add spinach and wilt, 1 minute. Add the remaining soy sauce, about 1/3 cup, and the sesame oil then drain, add in pasta cooking water and toss to combine so pasta can soak up sauce, about 1 minute. Garnish with sesame seeds and top with lots of meatballs.

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  • on February 01, 2012

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    one of my husbands favorites!!!! Yummy! I mix up the veggies and add different ones, which adds lots of color. While I realize that this is not Chinese food (most chinese places don't make traditional food that you would find in China the flavors are great and for this Italian, it was a new and fun way to have spaghetti and meatballs!!!

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  • on September 17, 2011

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    My wife's favorite, we are making it again for her birthday this year :

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  • on April 20, 2011

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    This recipe was GREAT! I couldn't find the meat it asked for but I used ground turkey. The Meatballs were awesome. I would recommend using very little of the seed oil.

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