ZESTY HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

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I started off with my family's favorite recipe for homemade spaghetti sauce, which is very good but a bit mild for my preference. So I kept adding certain ingredients until I was satisfied, and I ended up with the recipe posted here. I have added red pepper flakes on occasion too, but that makes the sauce a bit spicy and "over...

Provided by Vickie Parks

Categories     Other Sauces

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 lb ground italian sausage or ground beef
1/2 large onion, chopped
2 Tbsp cooking oil (i use olive oil)
2-3 clove garlic, minced
6 oz canned mushroom pieces (reserve the liquid)
1/2 medium green bell pepper, chopped
28 oz tomato sauce
6 oz tomato paste
1/2 c reserved mushroom juice (or water)
1 1/2 tsp dried parsley
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 large bay leaf
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp tobasco sauce (or to taste) - optional

Steps:

  • 1. In a medium skillet, brown the sausage (or beef) with the chopped onion until no pink remains in the sausage and the onion is transparent. Drain excess grease.
  • 2. In the meantime, heat oil in a kettle or stock pot, and sauté the minced garlic, mushroom pieces, and green pepper in the oil until the pepper is tender. Add remaining ingredients, including enough mushroom juice or water to reach the right consistency. Cover; let sauce simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
  • 3. Add the browned meat/onion mixture to the kettle. Cover and let the sauce simmer for 20 minutes. Serve over cooked and drained spaghetti noodles.

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