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Best Spaghetti Meat Sauce Recipe

This is the BEST Spaghetti Meat Sauce Recipe and has both ground beef and Italian sausage in it. It is so full of flavour and is easy to make in bulk for freezing.
Course Main Course
Cuisine North American, Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 305kcal
Author Nina

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • ½ lb 3-4 links Italian Sausage, casings removed
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 green pepper chopped
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 6 oz can tomato paste
  • 22 oz jar tomato sauce
  • 2 teaspoons fresh oregano minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh basil minced
  • 2 teaspoons fresh parsley minced
  • ¼ teaspoons red pepper flakes

Instructions

  • Cook the ground beef in a medium frying pan over medium heat until just past the pink stage.
  • Pour the ground beef into a large dutch oven pot.
  • Cook the sausage in the same frying pan, over medium heat, breaking the sausage up as it cooks.
  • Drain the sausage fat and then pour the sausage into the dutch oven pot.
  • Clean out the frying pan and place it back over medium heat. Grease the pan with olive oil and add in the peppers and onion once the pan is hot.
  • Saute the vegetables until they are soft and the onion is translucent. Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Pour the vegetables into the dutch oven pot.
  • Heat the dutch oven pot over medium heat and add in the can of tomato paste. Mix the tomato paste thoroughly through the meat and vegetables. Add tomato sauce and stir to combine.
  • Add oregano, basil, parsley and red pepper flakes to the pot. Stir to combine and then simmer over low heat for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Notes

  1. Leftovers can be reheated in the microwave or in a saucepan over stove top.
  2. The meat sauce can be frozen in freezer bags for up to 3 months. Bring it back to room temperature before reheating.

Nutrition

Serving: 8g | Calories: 305kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 824mg | Potassium: 757mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 760IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 3mg