Southern-Style Meat Sauce
Ingredients
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- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (15 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (or fresh chopped tomatoes)
- 4 tablespoons dried oregano
- 4 tablespoons dried basil leaves
- 3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
- 2 (4.5 ounce) cans mushrooms, drained
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
Instructions
- In a large pot heat olive oil. Add onion and bell pepper and simmer on medium heat until semi soft; stir in garlic and celery. Be careful not to burn garlic. Add ground beef and cook until all pink is gone; drain.
- In pot with drained beef, gently stir in tomato paste, sauce and crushed tomatoes. Mix in oregano, basil, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, red pepper flakes, mushrooms, bay leaves and salt; bring to a boil. Turn heat down to low and simmer for about 2 hours.
- Serve over your favorite pasta.