Grandma's Italian Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 7 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
• 2 lbs ground beef round
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes (28 or 32 oz)
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste
• 4 (4 ounce) jars whole mushrooms, drained
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 saute garlic, onion and bell pepper in oil until onion and pepper are translucent.
• 2 add beef to onion-pepper mix.
• 3 cook til you no longer see pink; drain well and then return to pot.
• 4 add tomatoes with juice, paste, chili powder and worcestershire; mix well.
• 5 simmer for 20 minutes.
• 6 add mushrooms; mix well.
• 7 simmer 10 minutes longer.
• 8 serve over hot pasta.
• 9 i like angel hair with this sauce--it gives it a unique texture.
• 10 i use georgio bottled mushrooms, del monte tomatoes, hunts paste, lea& perrins worcestershire sauce, mccormick chili powder.
• 11 all the rest are fresh ingredients.
• 12 this is an old family recipe.
• 13 once you taste it, you will never go back to any other sauce.