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Homemade Meat Sauce Recipe

This homemade meat sauce is perfect for any of your favorite pasta dishes. Make ahead and freeze or make a fresh batch for a delicious dinner!
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Homemade Meat Sauce, meat sauce, pasta sauce
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 24 servings
Author I Heart Recipes

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Brown the ground beef in a pot over medium heat. Drain the fat from the pot.
    3 lbs ground beef
  • Add in the onions, garlic, and peppers. Stir.
    2 medium onions, 7-8 cloves garlic, 3 large bell peppers
  • Sprinkle in the Italian seasoning, and the salt-free seasoning OR salt & pepper.
    3 tbsp Italian seasoning, 3 tbsp salt-free seasoning
  • Toss in the diced tomatoes, then add in the tomato sauce and water.
    2 30 oz. cans tomato sauce, 1 1/2 cup water, 1 14 oz. can can of diced tomatoes
  • Sprinkle in the sugar, and stir all of the ingredients.
    1/4 cup sugar
  • Add in the parmesan cheese, stir the ingredients, then reduce the heat to low.
    1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese
  • Let the sauce simmer for 45 minutes.
  • Let the sauce cool down, then place the sauce into labeled bags.
  • Store the sauce in the freezer until you are ready to use it!

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