meat sauce pasta

Serves 5 · Rated 5/5 (1 rating)

meat sauce pasta — made with 1 pound ground beef, or ½ lb ground Italian sausage and ½ lb ground beef, salt, to taste, freshly ground black pepper, to taste, 1 medium onion, chopped, 15 ounces tomato sauce, 6 ounces tomato paste, and more.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef, or ½ lb ground Italian sausage and ½ lb ground beef
• salt, to taste
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 15 ounces tomato sauce
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 0.5 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 Tablespoon dried parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
• 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup water
• 0.25 cup fresh basil leaves, optional

Instructions

1. Season ground beef with salt and pepper.
2. In a large skillet, add the beef and chopped onion and brown.
3. Drain excess grease.
4. Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, parsley, garlic powder, crushed red pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and sugar to the skillet.
5. Stir well to combine and bring to a boil.
6. Add water and stir well.
7. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
8. Add chopped basil before serving, if desired.

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