Tomato sauce with ground beef
2
Points®
Total Time
2 hr 45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
2 hr 30 min
Serves
18
Difficulty
Easy
Make this Sunday sauce for your next family dinner. Make sure to let the tomato mixture cook on low heat for an hour before adding the ground beef. Then, once you add the browned beef, let the sauce cook for another hour to have all the flavors come together. What's great about this red sauce is how extremely versatile it is. It’s fabulous over pasta or veggie noodles, but also great with polenta, baked potatoes, or eggs. Feel free to swap lean ground turkey or chicken, or chicken or turkey sausage (in casings) for the ground beef. Or choose meatless crumbles to make it a vegetarian option.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 spray(s)
Olive oil
2 tsp
Onion
2 large, thinly sliced
Garlic
4 clove(s), minced, or to taste
Canned tomatoes
70 oz, plum variety with basil, partially mashed into big chunks
Tomato paste
6 oz
Basil
5 leaf/leaves, or to taste, plus extra for garnish
Table salt
1 tsp, or to taste
Red pepper flakes
½ tsp, or to taste
Sugar
¼ tsp
Uncooked lean ground beef
1 pound(s)