Simple Spaghetti

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⏱ 30 mins 🍽 6 serving(s) 🏷 Spaghetti

This classic spaghetti dish, a treasured family recipe, delivers more flavour than any jarred sauce and can be prepared in just half an hour. It features a rich sauce made with sautéed onion and bell pepper, seasoned hamburger meat, and tomato sauce, served over perfectly cooked spaghetti noodles. The method allows you to adjust key seasonings to your personal preference and to combine sauce and pasta as you like.

Simple Spaghetti

Ingredients

  • 1 small onion (chopped)
  • 1 bell pepper (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
  • 1 (16 ounce) box spaghetti noodles
  • 1 -1 1/2 lb hamburger meat

Method

  1. Melt the 3 tablespoons butter and cook the chopped onion and bell pepper until softened.
  2. Introduce the 1 to 1 1/2 lb hamburger meat to the pan and continue cooking until it is thoroughly browned.
  3. Pour in the two 15 ounce cans of tomato sauce along with 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, and 2 tablespoons garlic powder.
  4. You may alter the amounts of salt, pepper, and garlic powder according to your personal taste.
  5. Prepare the 16 ounce box of spaghetti noodles by following the package directions.
  6. Combine the sauce with the cooked noodles if desired, though some prefer to serve them separately.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1244400 mg

Recipe details

CategorySpaghetti
Authorholders1121