| Saltsa kima | |
| Type: | Sauce |
| Country: | Greece |
| Creators: | --> |
| Main Ingredient: | Ground beef and tomato |
| Minor Ingredient: | Cinnamon, allspice, and cloves |
| Serving Size: | 100 g |
| Similar Dish: | Cincinnati chili, Coney Island hot dogs |
| No Recipes: | false |
Saltsa kima, Greece's most popular topping for spaghetti,[1] is a ground beef and tomato sauce spiced with cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Makaronia me kima (pasta topped with saltsa kima) is the basis for Cincinnati chili and the sauces used to top Coney Island hot dogs, dishes developed by Greek immigrant restaurateurs in the United States in the 1920s.