Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 1/3 - Cup vegetable cooking oil or extra virgin olive oil ( or 1/2 & 1/2 combination of both)
3 - Medium yellow onions, chopped fine,
2 - stalks celery, chopped fine
1 - Large green bell pepper, chopped fine
1 - Cup very finely chopped green onions (scallions)
1/2 - Cup very finely chopped fresh parsley
2 - Large garlic cloves, pressed through garlic press
2 - cups sliced fresh mushrooms
2 - cups cooke meat (see below)
4 - small cans Hunt's tomato paste
1 - Large can Progresso Tomatoes with Basil
1 - Small can Progresso Tomatoes with Basil
2 - Large cans Hunt's Traditional Tomato Sauce
Seasonings to taste:
Salt
Black pepper
Cayenne
Thyme
McCormick's Italian Seasoning
Sweet Basil
Oregano
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Directions: |
Directions:Preheat a large heavy pot (cast aluminum or black iron) on high; add cooking oil(s) and onions. Lightly brown onions, stirring frequently to prevent scorching. Reduce heat to medium low, add tomato paste, cover and smother-down until dry, stirring frequently to prevent scorching.
Place tomatoes with basil in blender and run at low speed until tomatoes are chopped-up.
Place chopped-up tomatoes with basil, bell pepper, green onions (scallions), parsley, and garlic in pot. Cover and smother-down until dry, stirring frequently to prevent scorching. Add tomato sauce, sliced mushrooms, seasonings to taste, and cooked meat (see below), and cook on low heat to produce a simmer,covered, stirring occasionally, for about 1-1/2 hours.
MEAT: Spaghetti sauce with chicken pieces (preferably boneless), ground beef, Italian sausage (or a combination of ground beef and Italian sausage), meatballs,round steak pieces (sometime referred to as "daube"), or any combination of the above.
Chicken pieces, meatballs, round steak pieces, etc. should be seasoned with salt & black pepper and thoroughly browned and pre-cooked and drained before adding to spaghetti sauce. Add any drippings from the cooked chicken to the sauce.
Ground beef and Italian sausage should be browned in a skillet and drained before adding to sauce. |
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