Spaghetti Meat Sauce Recipe
This Spaghetti Meat Sauce Recipe is an easy and quick recipe that can be the beginning of an easy weeknight dinner.
Equipment
- large dutch oven
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef (I used 80/20)
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt plus more to taste
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon parsley
- ½ teaspoon basil
- ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Before starting, measure out all of your spices and sugar and set them aside. Open your canned tomatoes and set them aside as well.
- In a large dutch oven over medium heat, break up the beef. Cook until browned and no longer pink. Drain all but 2 tablespoons of grease from the pot.
- Add the garlic and saute for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Be careful not to burn.
- Add in the tomatoes (both cans). Then stir in the spices and salt.
- Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook on low for about 15 minutes or until the sauce thickens, stirring intermittently.
- Once finished, taste and add more salt and pepper (just a little at a time) to taste.
Notes
The reason for getting everything prepared before starting is because you don't want your garlic to burn. If you want to get everything ready until the garlic is cooking, chances are decent you will get distracted and the garlic will burn, ruining the dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 190kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 16gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 544mgPotassium: 573mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1200IUVitamin C: 34.7mgCalcium: 130mgIron: 3.2mg
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