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Southern-Style Meat Sauce
SUBMITTED BY:
Noelle
PHOTO BY:
ggglitch
"This is my Mom's spaghetti recipe that has been my favorite since the age of three! Great for dinner parties! Serve over spaghetti and with a salad and garlic bread."
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PREP TIME
40 Min
COOK TIME
2 Hrs
READY IN
2 Hrs 40 Min
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3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 pounds ground beef
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
4 tablespoons dried oregano
4 tablespoons dried basil leaves
3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
2 (4.5 ounce) cans mushrooms, drained
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons salt
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DIRECTIONS
In a large pot heat olive oil. Add onions and simmer on medium heat until semi soft; stir in garlic. Be careful not to burn. Add ground beef and cook until all pink is gone; drain.
In pot with drained beef, gently stir in tomato paste and tomato sauce. Mix in oregano, basil, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, red pepper flakes, mushrooms, bay leaves and salt; bring to a boil. Turn heat down to low and simmer for about 2 hours.
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Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2006 by TRINITY991
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Nov. 28, 2006
I thought it was really good. I followed other people's suggestions on not adding salt and cutting back on spice. I added 1 can of beef broth to get a better consistancy. Also it didn't take me as long to make it as stated in the cooking time. It took me under an hour for sure.
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Reviewed on May 9, 2005 by
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Breeze
May 9, 2005
Very good with a few modifications. I do not brown the meat in oil, the meat has enough fat in it to brown. I added two cans of diced tomatoes, drained, omitted Worc. sauce, mushrooms and red pepper flakes. Added ground pepper, some garlic powder and a dash of parsley. I thought that 2 TBS of salt seemed way too much, I just sprinkled some on top, not measuring. Sugar is added toward the end of the simmer period. We remove the bay leaves prior to serving.
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Very good with a few modifications. I do not brown the meat in oil, the meat has enough fat in...
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Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2007 by
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Can_Katie_Cook
Apr. 18, 2007
I took the advice of others and didn't use any salt, but I could have used a little. I also added some garlic powder towards the end and only simmered the sauce abomut half an hour. I used fresh herbs from my garden, sage, thyme, oregano, lemon basil, rosemary and a bay leaf. The sage gave it a kind of smokey flavor which was nice. I only gave it four stars because it was a bit too thick. Overall it was very tastey! Fresh herbs are great.
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I took the advice of others and didn't use any salt, but I could have used a little. I also...
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Reviewed on Aug. 8, 2006 by
HAHAINLALA
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HAHAINLALA
Aug. 8, 2006
I am glad that I read the reviews before I made this sauce. I did not add any salt, I cut way back on the chili powder (I didn't have flakes) and I add some balsamic. oh, and I also only used enough olive oil to lightly coat the pan before adding the onions...I would say I used, maybe, 1 TBS. The outcome was GREAT...even my husband liked it and he is VERY picky:)
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I am glad that I read the reviews before I made this sauce. I did not add any salt, I cut way...
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Reviewed on Dec. 1, 2005 by
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DTSCEP
Dec. 1, 2005
This is a definite 5 star recipe with the changes in the amount of salt and chili flakes that others have recommended. I didn't have chili flakes (not sure what they are,actually), so I used a mixture of ancho chili powder and crushed red pepper. I actually didn't add any salt at all. I also added a can of beef broth to make it less thick. I made it just spicy enough for my family and everyone loved it! Great as leftovers too.
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Reviewed on Jan. 26, 2005 by JAM9
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JAM9
Jan. 26, 2005
Very good, easy to make sauce. It's thick enough that it really doesn't need to boil 2 hours. I had to add water it was so thick. I reduced meat to 1 lb and that was plenty and added chopped fresh red pepper. I used crushed red pepper as I couldn't find flakes. Used only 1t and it was plenty, more would have been too spicy.
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Very good, easy to make sauce. It's thick enough that it really doesn't need to boil 2 hours....
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Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2005 by MADISONLIBERTY
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MADISONLIBERTY
Jan. 18, 2005
This is the best sauce I have ever had...AFTER a few modifications. Other reviewers were right about too much salt and also it was VERY spicy! I too, will cut the salt at least in half next time and will leave out the red pepper. My 6 year old loved the flavor but after about 2 bites, couldn't eat anymore. This is after I added lots of Splenda to tone down the heat and it did add a nice sweet flavor. I also had to keep adding water because it was very thick. I will make this again and again with these modifications. Served over whole wheat rotini.
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This is the best sauce I have ever had...AFTER a few modifications. Other reviewers were...
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Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2004 by SWARD135
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SWARD135
Jul. 20, 2004
i left out the mushrooms and threw in a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and was left speechless
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i left out the mushrooms and threw in a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and was left speechless
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Reviewed on Oct. 7, 2003 by RGARTLY
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RGARTLY
Oct. 7, 2003
good.....a little greasier than I like next time I'll leave out the oil.
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good.....a little greasier than I like next time I'll leave out the oil.
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Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2007 by Mimi B.
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Mimi B.
Nov. 12, 2007
WOW this was good!!! I would give it 6 stars if I could. If your a lover of spicey things than this sauce will be your favorite of all time!! I made this last night for dinner, it was incredible! Here's the only things I changed up...I used 1 lb grass fed ground beef and 1 lb ground buffalo (great quality meat makes all the difference). Sauted the onions and garlic in a non stick pan with no oil then added to fully cooked meat. Instead of tomato paste I used 2 cans diced italian tomatoes, fresh mushrooms instead of canned and I was worried about adding the full 2 TBS red pepper flakes based on other reviewers adding 1 and saying that was more than enough so I added 1 1/2 TBS and it was great I think it would be delicious with the full 2 TBS but you do really have to like spicey which we do. Added a shake of garlic powder along with the other spices and I let it simmer for over 2 hrs just because that makes it so flavorful and the meat so tender. Served it on top of whole wheat spagetti with a side of whole wheat beer bread to sop up the sauce, PERFECT! This would also make an awesome lasagna sauce or if you keep the recipe as is with the tomato paste it would be a great pizza sauce. If you love a little kick to your food I HIGHLY recommend trying this recipe!!!!!! OOps almost forgot...I cut the salt by half.
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WOW this was good!!! I would give it 6 stars if I could. If your a lover of spicey things...
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