zesty homemade spaghetti sauce
I started off with my family's favorite recipe for homemade spaghetti sauce, which is very good but a bit mild for my preference. So I kept adding certain ingredients until I was satisfied, and I ended up with the recipe posted here. I have added red pepper flakes on occasion too, but that makes the sauce a bit spicy and "over the top" for my kids.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
45 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground italian sausage or ground beef
- 1/2 large onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil (i use olive oil)
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 ounces canned mushroom pieces (reserve the liquid)
- 1/2 medium green bell pepper, chopped
- 28 ounces tomato sauce
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1/2 cup reserved mushroom juice (or water)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 large bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon tobasco sauce (or to taste) - optional
How To Make zesty homemade spaghetti sauce
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Step 1In a medium skillet, brown the sausage (or beef) with the chopped onion until no pink remains in the sausage and the onion is transparent. Drain excess grease.
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Step 2In the meantime, heat oil in a kettle or stock pot, and sauté the minced garlic, mushroom pieces, and green pepper in the oil until the pepper is tender. Add remaining ingredients, including enough mushroom juice or water to reach the right consistency. Cover; let sauce simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
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Step 3Add the browned meat/onion mixture to the kettle. Cover and let the sauce simmer for 20 minutes. Serve over cooked and drained spaghetti noodles.
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