Spicy Spaghetti with Okra

Your favorite white fish fillets can be used to make a simple soup. If you can’t obtain green onions, you can substitute baby or wild onions. You decide how hot you want this crimson soup to be.

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  1. 3 pounds ground beef
  2. 2 (24 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
  3. 1 (16 ounce) package frozen sliced okra
  4. 5 cooked sausages, sliced
  5. 1 cup water
  6. 1 (6 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
  7. 1 (5 ounce) bottle hot sauce (such as Cholula®), or to taste
  8. 1 medium onion, diced
  9. 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
  10. 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
  11. 1 medium yellow bell pepper, diced
  12. 1 medium orange bell pepper, diced
  13. 1 (4.5 ounce) jar minced garlic
  14. 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
  15. 2 (16 ounce) packages spaghetti
  16. 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese, or to taste
  17. 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
  2. Combine spaghetti sauce, okra, sausage, water, mushrooms, hot sauce, onion, bell peppers, garlic, and olives in a large pot; bring to a simmer. Rinse ground beef and add to the pot. Continue to simmer for at least 1 hour.
  3. While sauce simmers, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
  4. Spread spaghetti on serving plates. Cover each with some Cheddar cheese. Add some sauce and top with Parmesan cheese.
  5. Spaghetti sauces with garlic, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, etc. work best for this recipe.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 876 kcal
Carbohydrate 83 g
Cholesterol 124 mg
Dietary Fiber 8 g
Protein 45 g
Saturated Fat 16 g
Sodium 1452 mg
Sugars 15 g
Fat 40 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

 

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