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The Best Meat Sauce

This is the Best Meat Sauce recipe! Never go back to a store-bought jar again. Once you discover how simple it is to make your own and how much better it tastes, your pasta making world will never be the same! Chop, sauté, simmer, and you'll be rewarded with incredible, rich, deep, homemade flavors.
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The Best Meat Sauce
Ingredients
15 INGREDIENTS
12 SERVINGS
Tomato Paste
3 tbsp tomato paste
Ground Beef
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
Tomato Sauce
2 cups tomato sauce
Olive Oil
2 tbsp olive oil
Pepper
1/2 tsp pepper
Onion
1 large onion
Green Bell Pepper
1 medium green bell pepper
Red Wine
1/4 cup red wine
Sugar
1 tbsp sugar
Salt
3/4 tsp salt
Garlic
5 cloves garlic
Italian Seasoning
1 tbsp italian seasoning
Crushed Tomatoes
28 oz crushed tomatoes
Fresh Parsley
1/4 cup fresh parsley
Dried Bay Leaf
2 whole dried bay leaf
Directions
11 STEPS
15 min
PREP TIME
3 hr
COOK TIME
3 hr 15 min
TOTAL TIME
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Health Info
Macros
11g
CARBS
14g
FAT
11g
PROTEIN
Allowed on these diets
GLUTEN FREE
LACTOSE FREE
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