The Ultimate Beefed Up Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Combine ground beef, onion, garlic, and green pepper in a large saucepan. Cook and stir until meat is brown and vegetables are tender. Drain grease.
• Stir diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste into the pan. Season with oregano, basil, salt, and pepper. Simmer spaghetti sauce for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the mushrooms; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and cook, stirring frequently and breaking up large pieces, until nicely browned. Drain off any fat. While beef is browning, heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven or stock pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, carrots and celery and saute until softened. Add mushrooms and garlic, and continue to cook until mushroom liquid is almost evaporated and vegetables are just beginning to brown. Add the browned beef and stir to blend. Add all remaining ingredients (except butter) and stir to mix thoroughly. Bring to a fast simmer, stirring frequently, add butter and allow to melt into sauce without stirring. Reduce heat to low, partially cover and simmer gently 5-6 hours, stirring occasionally. If sauce seems too thick, add more V-8 juice or water to desired consistency. Taste and adjust for sugar and seasonings as necessary, remove bay leaves and continue to simmer 15 minutes. Do a final taste test and adjust seasonings again as per your preference. Serve over spaghetti and liberally sprinkle with parmesan and basil.

Steps:

• Sprinkle salt and pepper all over pork and beef. Place large pot over medium-high heat; when hot, add olive oil and brown meat. (Or cook meat in same pot used for meatballs, browning in the leftover fat.) Remove meat to a platter. Turning heat under pot to medium, add onions, and cook 3 minutes, stirring. Add garlic, and cook 2 minutes longer. Add tomato paste, and stir: cook until it absorbs fat in pan. Add oregano, basil, red pepper flakes, kosher salt and bay leaf, stirring to combine.
• Add cans of tomatoes and tomato sauce, then 4 1/2 cups water. Stir in sugar, parsley and peperoncini. Return meats to pot with their juices. Bring sauce to a gentle boil. Turn heat down to a simmer, partly cover and leave sauce to simmer 21/2 hours or more, stirring regularly.
• About 20 minutes before serving, add meatballs to pot. Boil spaghetti according to package directions. Drain, return spaghetti to pan and add 3 cups sauce. Toss pasta in pan for a minute to coat with sauce, and place on a large platter. Pour 2 more cups sauce over pasta. Place meat and meatballs on pasta, slicing large pieces. Serve with bowls of remaining sauce and Parmesan.