It’s Fun Food Friday! This week’s recipe is so yummy.
It may be tempting to just open a jar or can of store bought spaghetti sauce, but I encourage you not to do this. Why? Because I am going to teach you how to make homemade -from scratch awesome spaghetti sauce with ground beef or chicken. And this recipe is so easy I know you can do it! The taste is worth the little extra effort, I promise.
I have to confess though that I make it a little differently every time and cannot tell you exact measurements to use, so you may have to experiment a little to get it just the way you like it. I estimated the amount in the recipe. Most really good southern cooks just throw in a little of this and a little of that and taste along the way. But I will do my best to break it down in simple, easy to follow steps.
Here are the ingredients you will need:
1 lb. ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
garlic (use a real one or the kind in a jar not dried garlic) – 1 Tbs chopped
Worchestershire sauce – 2 squirts
Oregano – 1 tsp.
Basil (fresh is best) – 1 tsp.
Parsley (fresh is best) – 1 tsp.
1 Bay leaf
Chili Powder – 1/2 tsp.
ketchup – 2 Tbs.
sugar – 1 tsp. (don’t put too much)
small can tomato paste
large can tomatoes – 14.5 oz.
can tomato sauce – 14.5 oz.
1/2 cup water
Directions:
Brown the ground beef in a large pan then add onion and garlic. Cook until onion is browned a little then drain the fat off using the pan lid to keep the meat from falling into the sink. Keep water running while you do this to keep from clogging the sink.
Stir in all the rest of the ingredients. Simmer on the stove with the lid on the pan for 45 min. – 1 hour.
In the last ten minutes boil the spaghetti noodles and drain.
Serve over pasta with grated Parmesan cheese. Serve with a salad and garlic bread.
Be creative and add your own variations. You can use chicken instead of beef. Try adding chopped green bell peppers or other vegetables. You can make it Vegan by adding more vegetables and leaving out the meat. Do you have any ideas? I’d love to hear them!
