Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Spaghetti sauce with a kick

I love my spaghetti sauce to have lots of flavor to it.  No bland food in this house!  This recipe is easy, but tastes like it's truly made from scratch.  Enjoy!


Ingredients:

1 can diced or stewed tomatoes (you can also use Rotel if you want more of a Tex-Mex flavor)
1 jar meat or chunky veggie spaghetti sauce (do NOT use it if there's cheese - it never comes out right)
2 lbs. ground beef
2 cloves fresh garlic
Tony's Creole Seasoning
Dried oregano
Crushed red pepper
Salt

Directions:
1.  Chop or press the garlic and throw it in the pan while browning the meat.  Add a little Tony's while browning.  Do not drain the meat unless there's a TON to drain - it helps give it a more legitimate flavor.
2.  Add the tomatoes and spaghetti sauce to the pan and stir.  Use the rest of the seasoning to taste.
3.  Serve over pasta.

Seriously.  It's that easy.  But I get ridiculous compliments on it.  Crazy, eh?

Notes:
The reason I don't use cheese spaghetti sauce is because I feel that it tastes dark and unnatural - like goblin meat.
This, like most spaghetti sauce recipes, can be pretty easily changed to tastes.  Don't like spicy food?  Ditch the Tony's and red pepper and focus on more Italian seasonings.

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