The Best Weeknight Pasta Sauce

If you have about 40 minutes to spend in the kitchen, The Best Weeknight Pasta Sauce might be a tremendous gluten free recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 12g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 274 calories. For $1.19 per serving, this recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. This recipe from Budget Bytes requires pepper, salt, onion, and butter. 10 people have tried and liked this recipe. A few people really liked this sauce. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 39%. Similar recipes include Easy Weeknight Pasta : Pasta with Sausage and Mushroom Sauce, The Best Weeknight Pasta Sauce, and 30-Minute Weeknight Pasta Sauce.

Servings: 4

Cooking duration: 40 minutes

 

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Cooking instruction summary:

Instructions Add the ground beef and olive oil to a pot and saut over medium until the beef is cooked through (about 5 minutes). If you're using a higher fat content beef (10% or higher), you may want to drain the excess fat once the beef has browned. While the beef is cooking, finely dice the onion. Add the diced onion and butter to the cooked beef. Continue to saut until the onion is soft and translucent (about 5 minutes). Next, add the crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning blend, and some freshly cracked pepper (10-15 cranks of a pepper mill). Stir everything to combine. Place a lid on the pot and allow it to come up to a simmer. Once simmering, reduce the heat to low and let the sauce simmer for 30 minutes. After a minimum of 30 minutes simmering, add about 1/2 tsp salt, stir to combine, then taste and add more if needed. The flavor of the sauce will deepen and the complexities will pop once the salt is added. Serve over pasta or your favorite roasted vegetables.

 

Step by step:

1. Add the ground beef and olive oil to a pot and saut over medium until the beef is cooked through (about 5 minutes). If you're using a higher fat content beef (10% or higher), you may want to drain the excess fat once the beef has browned.

2. While the beef is cooking, finely dice the onion.

3. Add the diced onion and butter to the cooked beef. Continue to saut until the onion is soft and translucent (about 5 minutes).

4. Next, add the crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning blend, and some freshly cracked pepper (10-15 cranks of a pepper mill). Stir everything to combine.

5. Place a lid on the pot and allow it to come up to a simmer. Once simmering, reduce the heat to low and let the sauce simmer for 30 minutes.

6. After a minimum of 30 minutes simmering, add about 1/2 tsp salt, stir to combine, then taste and add more if needed. The flavor of the sauce will deepen and the complexities will pop once the salt is added.

7. Serve over pasta or your favorite roasted vegetables.

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