Mom's Best Healthy Meat Sauce

"This was one of my favorite recipes that mom made while I was growing up. I make it all the time now for my husband and I. Since I like to eat healthy, I normally make the sauce with lean ground turkey, but mom always made it with ground beef. The chili sauce is THE secret ingredient--don't leave it out!! It tastes great over spaghetti with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. It freezes very well and makes great leftovers."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large saute pan with cover, brown meat in olive oil over med-high heat; drain any fat or juices that have accumulated in pan.
  • Add onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, and garlic.
  • Saute with meat until onions start to become translucent and veggies are becoming slightly tender (approx. 5 minutes).
  • Add whole jar pasta sauce& whole bottle of chili sauce to pan.
  • Stir to combine all ingredients.
  • Bring to low boil, then cover& turn down heat so that sauce is simmering (normally low to med-low heat).
  • Simmer for approximately.
  • 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.
  • If sauce has too much liquid, simply remove cover and simmer until the desired amount of liquid has cooked off.
  • Serve over hot cooked spaghetti with sprinkling of Parmesan cheese, garlic bread, and green salad.

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  1. Very tasty, very easy. I'm not a fan of spaghetti but my wife really enjoys it so what can I say? LOL I'm going to make a double batch next time and freeze some of it. I suspect it will do pretty good and make for an easy meal for one of THOSE type of days.
     
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