Vegan Puerto Rican Spaghetti

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• Why You’ll Love This
• What is in Puerto Rican Spaghetti
• How To Make Puerto Rican Spaghetti 
• What To Eat With Vegan Puerto Rican Spaghetti  
• How To Store
• Recipe Tips
• Vegan Puerto Rican Spaghetti

We're keeping dinner easy and making Vegan Puerto Rican Spaghetti tonight!

There are no limits when it comes to spaghetti and growing up we did our thing and spiced up our pasta with Puerto Rican flavors and spices. 

While thinking about my childhood, I immediately thought about the quick and easy spaghetti my mom used to cook up. It was a staple and it was one of our favorite dishes to come home to. 

Spaghetti night as a kid? That was always given the thumbs up. 

Why You’ll Love This

• We’re using easy-to-find, affordable ingredients. 
• It’s a great recipe for when you want something quick, easy, and loved by kids and adults alike. 
• This recipe is great for meal prep and can be served throughout the week. 
• If you love this recipe, check out our other Puerto Rican recipes including tostones, sweet plantains (maduros), arroz con gandules (Puerto Rican yellow rice), and vegan “beef” stew, and mushroom pernil. 

What is in Puerto Rican Spaghetti

Puerto Rican spaghetti has many of the traditional ingredients you'll find in Puerto Rican cusine including sofrito, tomato paste/sauce, sazon, and adobo. As for the protein, you'll usually either see ground beef or chicken.

Although pork is the choice-of-protein in many Puerto Rican dishes, it surprisingly didn’t have a spotlight in our spaghetti.

Vegan Puerto Rican spaghetti can be made with any plant-based protein of choice. Because we’re going plant-based and meatless, we’re switching out the meat for vegan ground “beef” instead. Specially, we’re using Gardein’s Beefless Ground. 

If you choose to use a different brand of vegan beefless ground, just adjust the salt-based seasonings (adobo, sazon) accordingly. 

How To Make Puerto Rican Spaghetti 

1. First, cook the pasta or spaghetti according to the packaging’s instructions. Set aside. 
2. Then, fry the sofrito in a pan over medium heat. Add the rest of the ingredients 
3. Simmer the sofrito-spice mix. 
4. Next, add the spaghetti/pasta and combine it well with the rest of the ingredients. 

Ingredients in recipe: spaghetti, olive oil, sofrito, adobo, sazon, oregano, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, bay leaves, vegan ground beef, vegetable broth.

Sazon is made with a blend of spices and it's vegan!

What To Eat With Vegan Puerto Rican Spaghetti  

Stick with traditional spaghetti sides likes garlic bread, garlic sticks, or toast. To keep the Puerto Rican theme, I like to add a side of fried plantains or sliced avocado. 

Roasted vegetables or a side salad also make for a healthy, light addition. 

How To Store

Store the Puerto Rican spaghetti in an airtight container or reusable silicone bag for up to 3-4 days in the refrigerator. 

Recipe Tips

1. The base of this recipe includes Puerto Rican ingredients. Sofrito is best made from scratch - or it can be purchased at a grocery store. If you can find it at the store, I recommend frozen sofrito over the canned. 
2. Puerto Rican spices and seasoning are often found at Latin grocery stores or in the “ethnic” or “Latin/Hispanic” aisles. If you’re having trouble physically finding the sazon, adobo, and oregano, they can be found online.  
3. Use any spaghetti or pasta of your choice. Be sure to follow the cooking instructions mentioned on the packaging.  

If you’re in the pasta mood, be sure to also check out our Lentil Meatballs, Tofu Meatballs, homemade Spaghetti Sauce, One-Pot Pasta, and Creamy Rigatoni with Sofrito Avocado Sauce. 

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