the best spaghetti sauce
So I got really picky about m spaghetti sauce as I started getting older. I wouldn't touch canned/jarred sauce for anything and my mom put weird stuff in hers...so finally I came up with this recipe of my own...and I hate to toot m own horn, but I honestly have only tasted one other sauce that is better than this.
prep time
1 Hr
cook time
1 Hr
method
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yield
4-6 with leftovers
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound bulk italian sausage (mild or spicy)
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 large green bell pepper, diced (if you dont like your sauce bell peppery...omit this item)
- 2 small yellow chilies, diced (if you want it spicy...if not...omit this)
- 4 cloves minced garlic *
- 2 teaspoons black pepper *
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder *
- 1 tablespoon italian seasoning *
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes * (if you like spicy...if not...omit)
- 1 pinch dried spearmint *
- 1 tablespoon knorr chicken bouillon *
- 1 small can of italian style stewed tomatoes
- 1 large can stewed diced tomatoes
- 1 medium can tomato paste
- 1 large can tomato or vegetable juice
- 1 small can sliced black olives
How To Make the best spaghetti sauce
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Step 1in a big pot heat enough oil(olive, canola or vegetable) to coat bottom of pan and sauté the onions and bell pepper until translucent. (if going spicy do the yellow chilies with this step also)
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Step 2add beef and sausage and brown thoroughly, and drain grease off
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Step 3add cans of stewed tomatoes and all ingredients marked with the * and the tomato paste and combine well
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Step 4add remaining ingredients and bring to simmer. Cover and allow to simmer for at least 1 hour. (at this point you could transfer it to a crock pot and cover and let go on low all day if you like)
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Step 5serve with your favorite pasta and bread and you are good to go!
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