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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
Garlic
5 cloves garlic
Crushed Tomatoes
28 oz crushed tomatoes
Tomato Paste
3 tbsp tomato paste
Italian Seasoning
1 tbsp italian seasoning
Ground Beef
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
Sugar
1 tbsp sugar
Tomato Sauce
2 cups tomato sauce
Olive Oil
2 tbsp olive oil
Fresh Parsley
1/4 cup fresh parsley
Onion
1 large onion
Bay Leaves
2 whole bay leaves
Red Wine
1/4 cup red wine
Pepper
1/2 tsp pepper
Salt
3/4 tsp salt
Green Bell Pepper
1 medium green bell pepper
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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