Recipes · inspired by Neapolitan Spaghetti in the manga Kitchen Princess, volume 7
Japanese Ketchup Spaghetti (Napolitan)
Spaghetti tossed with sausage, onion, green pepper and ketchup: the cozy Japanese café dish called Napolitan.
- Ready in
- 17 min
- Ingredients
- 6
- Makes
- 2 plates
- Level
- easy
Kitchen Princess is a manga by Natsumi Ando and Miyuki Kobayashi in which every chapter is named after a dish. This is our own quick, family-friendly version of that dish, not the recipe from the book.
Despite the name, Napolitan was invented in Japan, at a hotel in Yokohama after World War II. It is sweet, a little tangy and much loved by kids.
Make it a learning moment: Naples (Napoli) is a city in Italy. Ask your kids why a Japanese dish might be named after an Italian city.
Ingredients
Steps
Kids a child can do this step Grown-up hot, sharp or tricky
- Grown-up Cook the spaghetti in salted boiling water as the package says.
- Grown-up Meanwhile, slice the onion, pepper and sausages.
- Grown-up Melt the butter in a big pan and cook the onion, pepper and sausage for 4 minutes.
- Grown-up Add the drained spaghetti and ketchup and toss over the heat for 1 minute until everything is coated.
- Kids Serve with grated cheese on top if you like.
