Haitian spaghetti |
Place of origin | Haiti |
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Main ingredients | Spaghetti, hot dogs, epis, tomato sauce |
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Ingredients generally used | chili peppers, onions |
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Haitian spaghetti (sometimes espageti, espaghetti, spaghetti a l'hatienne or espageti ayisyen) is a dish of Haitian cuisine typically served for breakfast.[1] It typically consists of spaghetti noodles and hot dogs in a sauce made from ketchup and epis.
Ingredients and preparation
The dish typically combines epis with ketchup to make a sauce in which spaghetti noodles are tossed. Typically sliced hot dogs are included.[2][3][4] Onions, garlic and peppers are common inclusions.[5][6] Vienna sausage or herring is occasionally used in place of hot dogs.[6]
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Sauteeing onions and peppers
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Adding hot dogs and browning
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Adding
epis and tomato sauce
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Adding cooked spaghetti and sauteeing to reduce
History
The dish was developed during the period of US occupation from 1915 to 1934, when American foods such as hot dogs and ketchup were introduced to Haiti.[2][3][4][7][6] It is considered a comfort food.[6]
Serving
It is a common breakfast dish.[2][3][4][7] According to Eater in 2017, it was not a common item on restaurant menus, but was becoming more common and was available from street vendors.[2][6]
Fusion spaghetti dishes
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