Spaghetti Meatsauce Help!!!?!


Question: Spaghetti Meatsauce Help!!!!?
I can cook really well so most find it a shock when I tell them I am not very good at the simplest thing!. Spaghetti Can you please help me with the quickest but best way to make meat sauce with ground beef!? I've tasted other quick spaghetti meals and it always tastes so good and mine is just blah!. I'll be making this tonight so prompt responses are appreciated ThanksWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
*Buy about a lb!. of 80% or 90% lean ground beef!. Then, put a little olive oil in a sauce pan and cook the beef until it is brown!. If you want to, you can also cook some ground sausage meat with it (like a roll of Jones Sausage meat)!. Spice with garlic powder, oregano, basil, onion powder and/or any other spices you like!. Adding flakes of red pepper will make it a bit hot!. Then, add a jar of your favorite sauce (Classico, Bertolli, Ragu) and cook all together for about 20 minutes!. What I like to do too is add a small container of ricotta cheese right into the sauce and mix it through and cook it with all the other ingredients!. Yum!. In fact, I'm making baked ziti tonight and that will be in my sauce!. No one said that you have to make everything from scratch!. I used to --- cooked for hours with cans and purees and paste and whole tomatoes, etc!. No need to!. The jarred stuff is pretty damned good, if I must say so myself!.

P!.S!. to "Jordan" who also answered this question!. Jordan, why even bother to answer!. You're just trying to say hurtful things and, apparently, nutritionist or not, you know nothing about cooking so said something mean instead!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Start with browning your meat then draining it really well!. Use the drained off fat to cook the onion and garlic you have minced in advance!. Use the ingredients in the above answer!.

Then add the meat and all the ingredients to your skillet or I really prefer the stovetop wok to cook sauces such as this in!. Simmer it for about 2 to 3 hours, taste and watch closely to see if you need to add more water!.

You could also use one of the premade spaghetti sauces and pour it over your browned meat and onions/garlic and simmer it for an hour!. Taste and add any final seasonings you think would be good!.

Hint: A dash or 2 of ground cloves adds a flavor treat!. Seems to bring out the other flavors of the sauce extremely well!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Spaghetti Meat Sauce
1 lb Ground beef
1 large Onion, chopped
1 cl Garlic, minced
1/2 cup Chopped celery
1 Green pepper, diced
2 tsp Salt
1 cup Water
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1/8 tsp Red pepper
1 tsp Parsley flakes
1/2 tsp Oregano
1/2 tsp Sweet basil
1/4 tsp Thyme
2 tsp Sugar
3 drop Tabasco sauce
1 16 oz can tomato paste


Heat cooker and brown beef!. Stir in remaining ingredients, except
tomato paste!. Close cover securely!. Place pressure regulator on vent
pipe and cook 8 minutes with pressure regulator rocking slowly!. Cool
cooker at once!. Stir in tomato paste and simmer, uncovered to desired
thickness!. Serve sauce over long spaghetti!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

Don't listen to the jerk you answered with no help!. Just so everyone knows I reported him and other should too!

Spaghetti Sauce:

Everyone does theirs different but here is the general way I do mine!. Not exact as I just toss most everything in as I go and taste a lot and eye-ball it!.

1 can stewed diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomatoe paste-sometimes
1 small onion chopped
1 good sized clove of garlic chopped
Unsalted butter
Low or no sodium chicken bullion cube
Italian seasoning
Basil
Oregano
Parsley
Dreid Chives
Pinch sugar
Pepper
Granulated Garlic
Onion powder
Celery salt

Saute the onion and garlic until translucent and tender!. Add the tomatoes and remaining ingredients!. I like to simmer mine for at least 20-30 min!. I use hamburger but you could use turkey, or bulk sausge, or a hamburger sausage mix or even simmer some bone-in skinless chicken thighs in the sauce for a couple of hours until they are fall off the bone tender!. YUM!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

From "Cooks!.com"!. I usually brown the meat, drain any grease and prepare the sauce from a sauce mix, using a large can of tomato juice!. This looks good, though!.

SPAGHETTI MEAT SAUCE

2 tbsp!. olive or salad oil
1 lb!. ground beef
1 med!. onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (16 oz!.) can tomatoes
2 (6 oz!.) cans tomato paste
4 tsp!. sugar
2 tsp!. oregano leaves
1 3/4 tsp!. salt
1/8 tsp!. cayenne pepper
1 bay leaf, crumbled

About 1 hour and 10 minutes ahead:
In Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium heat, in hot oil, cook ground beef, onion, and garlic until meat is well browned; spoon off excess fat!. Stir in tomatoes with their liquid and remaining ingredients!. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 35 minutes or until sauce is very thick, stirring occasionally!. Makes about 4 cups, or enough to serve over 16 oz!. spaghetti, cooked, for 4 main dish servings!.

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I make meat sauce like this:

I dice up a large sweet onion!. Put some oil in a skillet and brown it!. I take ground beef or veal or lamb or any combination of those!. (If you prefer turkey or pork that's fine too)!. I slowly stir the mean in with the onion (medium heat) breaking the meat up as it browns!. At this point I also add some fresh garlic, salt and pepper, and some fresh parsley and basil if I have it!. If not, dried herbs are fine!. Once the meat is cooked through I pour over it a can or two of any of the following: diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, tomato puree, tomato sauce, etc!. Even tomato paste could work!. Then as soon as it's good and hot I pour over my pasta and eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

chop and saute
1 onion
1 garlic
when it is tender, add your ground beef,
brown it and chop it with the spatula as you are turning it
when it is cooked, drain most of the fat off of it,
add your crushed tomatoes
simmer until its hot
add salt, pepper, parsley, basil and other spices you like, i add crushed red pepper for a little bite
simmer for 20 minutes with the lid on stirring occasionallyWww@FoodAQ@Com

You really only need 3 things for a good spaghetti sauce:

Tomato sauce
fresh Basil
lots of Garlic

If you want to add the beef I would recommend cooking it well with a bunch of garlic and a touch of salt!. Then throw in your tomato sauce and basil and let it cook on medium to low for a while so that the flavors mix well!.

The secret to getting a really nice flavor is to cook the garlic enough that it starts to get a little sweet!. It'll turn a light brown and start to smell really good!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If you prefer something a bit easier than making it completely from scratch, find a canned or jarred sauce you like!. I like both Prego and Hunt's, original or mushroom!.

Brown the hamburger completely, then drain off the liquid (which is mostly grease!.) Add your prepared sauce!. Then add the secret ingredient: a tablespoon or two of yellow mustard! Trust me!

Heat until sauce is bubbling, stirring occasionally!. Make sure you do not overcook your spaghetti noodles!. Leave them al dente, that is, slightly firm but able to be cut with a fingernail!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

*1 pound ground beef
* garlic --- either garlic powder or one clove minced or one teas minced from jar
*chopped onion - small
* Italian seasoning ( oregano and basil) 1/4 teaspoon
* oil
* salt
* pepper

In large skillet heat oil
Saute garlic and onion until soft
Add ground beef and seasonings
Brown

Drain off fat

Add your sauce ( Classico, Bertolli, or Prego are the best)

Cover and Simmer on low heat for 20 min

Cook your spaghetti during this time --8-10 minutes
Drain
Toss with a little olive oil or butter



PS you didn't mention if you wanted home made sauce !.
A good home made sauce Like grandma used to make will take a couple of hours 2-4 to simmer downWww@FoodAQ@Com

you could just brown a pound of hamburger meat, drain it and then pour in a can of Hunt's spaghetti sauce!. they have different flavors or you could go a little fancy and use a jar of puttanesca sauce from Mezzetta!. Pasta palli makes a good sauce also!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I tell ya what~my BF hated spaghetti and once he tried mine he actually likes it!.!.!.!.its simple too,just fry up 1lb 80/20 ground beef~seasoned w/garlic salt pepper,add 1 large can of tomatoe sauce!.!.and thats it! WALA~YUMMY!! some folks might tell ya to use canned/jarred spaghetti sauce,but I find it tasted off!.!.!.!.msg or sum thing!?(lol)Www@FoodAQ@Com

brown the hamburger in a frying pan then pour it in a strainer to strain all of the grease out!. After that put the meat back into the frying pan and add ragu spaghetti sauce from the grocery store, stir until warm and then serve!. very simple!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hey Ms!.Amber!! lol!.!.!.!.all of these recipes are great! You should also try adding some brown sugar or honey to it!. Not too much, you dont want it to be over powering!.(a teaspoon should be good depending on the amount you're making)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Brown the beef over med hi-add lots of fresh garlic-oregano,thyme,basil,(all can be dried-but fresh is always better)add crushed tomatoes -lower heat to simmer for 15-20mins-Voila!Www@FoodAQ@Com

http://www!.cooks!.com/rec/search/0,1-00,s!.!.!.

There're a few good ones!
Hope this helped!. http://www!.FreeGamesters!.comWww@FoodAQ@Com

put it in pan with crushed tomatoes and/or sliced tomatoes, add tomato sauce, mushrooms thinly sliced and add finely chopped green peppers!.!.!. a bit smaller than bite sized!.!. good luckWww@FoodAQ@Com

lots of garlic! and don't look at jordans comment!Www@FoodAQ@Com

well cook the meat and add tomato paste make sure to add alot of fresh garlic and oregonoWww@FoodAQ@Com





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