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Best Basic Meat Sauce Recipe

Everyone needs a basic meat sauce recipe. Sautéed onion, garlic mixed with ground beef, tomato sauce and herbs. Serve over pasta or spaghetti squash!
8
27
45 min
TOTAL TIME
935
CALORIES
$3.74
PER SERVING
Best Basic Meat Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
11 INGREDIENTS
3 SERVINGS
Sugar
1/2 tsp sugar
Italian Seasoning
2 tsp italian seasoning
Olive Oil
2 tsp olive oil
Ground Beef Chuck
2 lbs ground beef chuck
Dried Basil
1/4 tsp dried basil
Yellow Onion
1 medium yellow onion
diced
Kosher Salt
1 tsp kosher salt
Tomato Sauce
2 cans tomato sauce
Tomato Sauce
1 can tomato sauce
Black Pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
Garlic
4 cloves garlic
minced
Directions
9 STEPS
10 min
PREP TIME
35 min
COOK TIME
45 min
TOTAL TIME
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Health Info
Macros
31g
CARBS
65g
FAT
58g
PROTEIN
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