Spaghetti Sauce

side view of spaghetti with sauce, garlic bread and green beans on a white plate

Whip up this homemade spaghetti sauce recipe. It has ground beef and Italian sausage in the recipe. A simple and delicious homemade meat sauce to serve with spaghetti, lasagna, or even pair with meatballs and more.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Keyword homemade spaghetti sauce, meat sauce, spaghetti sauce

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 4

Total Time 4 10

Servings servings

Calories 64kcal

Author Kelsey

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound bulk Italian sausage or ground pork
1 large onion peeled and chopped
6 gloves fresh garlic peeled and minced
3 tablespoons granulated sugar divided
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning blend
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ cup fresh parsley chopped
6 ounce can tomato paste
28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
15 ounce can diced tomatoes with basil garlic, and oregano (or regular diced tomatoes)
½ cup chicken or vegetable broth

Instructions

In a Dutch Oven or heavy duty pot you will add your beef and sausage and cook until browned all the way through. I use a meat chopper to break up the meat. You will also add in the onion and cook until the onion is softened.
Drain off any grease from the meat.
Next you will add in the minced garlic and cook for one minute. Then add in 2 tablespoons sugar, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and the parsley.
Stir well and then mix in the tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, and diced tomatoes along with broth.
Bring mixture to a boil, and then reduce the temperature to low and simmer for 45 minutes to 4 hours. The longer you simmer the meat sauce the richer the flavor.

Notes

Slow Cooker Method- Cook meat as directed with onions. Then add all the ingredients into the slow cooker and cook on low setting for 5-6 hours for a hands off cooking method.

Simmer Sauce - You can serve the sauce after 45 minutes of it simmering. But the longer it cooks the richer and deeper the flavor of the sauce.

Meat - I used ground beef and Italian sausage, but you can use one type of meat if you prefer. Or swap the Italian sausage with ground pork.

Meatless - Leave out the meat if you want a meatless tomato sauce.

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