Quick And Simple Meat Sauce Recipes

BASIC MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. Cook until softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add beef and cook, breaking up with a spoon until no longer pink, 4 to 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and juice, breaking up tomatoes. Simmer over medium heat until thickened and saucy, 45 to 60 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

PASTA WITH 15-MINUTE MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente; drain and transfer to a large bowl.
• Meanwhile, process onion, celery, carrot, and garlic in a food processor until finely chopped.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over high. Add chopped vegetables, beef, and pork and cook, breaking up with a spatula, until meat is beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, oregano, 3/4 tsp. salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 1 minute. Add wine and cook, stirring constantly, until reduced by half, about 1 minute more. Stir in tomato sauce, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until sauce is slightly thickened, about 4 minutes.
• Remove from heat, then stir in butter. Toss meat sauce with pasta, top with Parmesan, and season with pepper.
• Do Ahead
• Let sauce cool, then chill in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 2 months.

QUICK AND EASY SPAGHETTI WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a shallow soup pot.
• Sauteé garlic until golden, then add onions and peppers.
• Sauteé until onions are starting to become translucent, then add beef, and season with salt and pepper.
• Brown until cooked through (about 10-15 minutes).
• Drain grease.
• Add wine (if using) and allow to cook for a couple of minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, boullion cube, parsley, oregano, thyme and basil, salt and pepper and sugar.
• Stir to combine and bring to a boil.
• Boil for about 1 minute then reduce heat to med-low and simmer 20 minutes.
• Serve over spaghetti, top with parmesan cheese and serve with crusty french bread.

QUICK AND SIMPLE MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat large, deep sided pan on medium to medium high heat.
• Coat bottom of pan with a couple tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
• Heat a large pot of water on high until boiling for the pasta.
• Once the oil starts to ripple but before it starts smoking, dump in the onions, mushrooms and red pepper flakes. Stir the pan occasionally.
• Once the onions start to soften and the mushrooms brown (about 5-7 minutes), season with salt and stir the pan.
• Now add the bell pepper and zucchini and stir the pan occasionally.
• Once the pepper and zucchini begin to soften, add in the garlic and season again with salt continuing to stir the pan occasionally.
• At this point, the pot of water should be boiling. Season the water liberally with salt and add the pasta. Cook to al dente.
• Once the garlic is very fragrant, stir in the ground beef and break it up into little pieces.
• Continue to cook until meat is browned all the way through.
• Stir in the marinara sauce. It will be pretty thick, so add in about 1/2 cup of pasta water to thin.
• Bring sauce to a boil, then cover, reduce heat and let simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Drain the pasta and put in bowls.
• Once the sauce is done, pour over the pasta and then add some parmigiano cheese if you'd like!

BEST BASIC MEAT SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a deep sided 12-inch skillet, heat 2 teaspoons olive oil over medium-low heat.
• Add in the onion and a pinch of kosher salt. Cook until soft and translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Then stir in the garlic and cook 1 to 2 minutes before adding in the ground beef.
• Increase the heat to medium and use a wooden spoon to break up the beef and cook until browned. Use a spoon to remove the fat from the pan and discard.
• Season the ground beef mixture with Italian seasoning and basil. Pour in the sauce and stir in the salt, pepper and sugar.
• Simmer for 20 minutes on low heat before serving.

EASY MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; saute onion in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Season onion with Italian seasoning; continue to saute until the herbs are fragrant, about 3 minutes more.
• Break beef into small pieces and add to the skillet; cook and stir until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir tomato sauce and diced tomatoes into the beef mixture; season with salt, place a lid on the skillet, reduce heat to low, and cook at a simmer for 1 hour.
• Splash wine over the mixture, stir, and simmer until thickened, about 20 minutes.

MEAT SAUCE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium high-walled skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the ground beef, onion, and salt. Cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add the Prego® Traditional Italian Sauce and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the sauce is warmed through.
• Serve the sauce over pasta.
• Enjoy!

QUICK MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large deep saute pan, heat the oil and add the carrots, celery and onion. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add the veal, pork, Aleppo pepper, garlic and bay leaf and season lightly with salt and pepper. Cook, breaking the chunks of meat with a spatula, until the meat is no longer pink, about 10 minutes.
• Add the wine, tomatoes and tomato paste and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 20 minutes. Discard the bay leaf. Stir in the demi-glace, cream and sage and cook for 3 more minutes. Remove from the heat, season with salt and pepper and stir in the parsley. Serve over pasta with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.