This tried-and-true recipe is a family tradition with a simple, but delicious, homemade sauce. A spaghetti recipe is sure thing every time.
How To Make Mama's Spaghetti
A traditional spaghetti recipe made like it's made with love from home.
Ingredients
- 3 lb lean ground beef
- 3 lb Prego Traditional Sauce
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1 tomato sauce
- garlic
- oregano
- basil
- 4 bay leaves
- salt
- black pepper
- 1 cup red wine, to taste
- onion, bell peppers, mushrooms (if desired)
Instructions
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Place ground beef in large pot or pan (I cook it directly in the pot that I'm going to use for the sauce).
- Lightly season with salt, pepper, and garlic.
- Add onions, if desired.
- Brown beef until no pink remains.
- Drain and return to pot.
- Pour Prego sauce, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce over meat.
- Cook over medium heat.
- Stir until well mixed.
- Add red wine and seasonings to taste; don't over-season - it blocks out the robust tomato flavor.
- Add bell peppers and/or mushrooms, if desired.
- Continue cooking over medium heat until thoroughly hot, stirring frequently.
- Reduce heat to medium/low and let sauce simmer for 1-3 hours (the longer it cooks, the lower the heat should be, but not so low that it does nothing but keep warm).
- Stir as necessary
- Cook pasta according to package directions (I usually remove the sauce from heat at about the same time, to allow the sauce to cool fractionally before serving).
- Fill plate/bowl with pasta and sauce.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 16g
- :
- Calcium: 86mg
- Calories: 610kcal
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Cholesterol: 211mg
- Fat: 18g
- Fiber: 6g
- Iron: 12mg
- Potassium: 2525mg
- Protein: 78g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Sodium: 2014mg
- Vitamin A: 1985IU
- Vitamin C: 32mg
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