Fresh parsley is used in moderation to make this straightforward, homemade tomato sauce. There will be plenty of leftovers from this recipe; simply freeze them. This tomato sauce is also fantastic over your favorite pasta or in lasagna.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 7 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 (46 fluid ounce) can tomato juice
- 1 ½ (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine ground beef, onion, olive oil, and parsley in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir until onions are soft and ground beef is cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Pour tomato juice and tomato sauce into a large pot over medium heat. Add ground beef mixture, Worcestershire sauce, salt, garlic salt, and pepper. Simmer for 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 308 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 1539 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 24 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This dish turned out very well! My family loved it though I added extra red pepper for my own. I didn’t try it but I believe it may taste good if some cheese was added throughout, perhaps mozzarella or provolone
Not impressed, too salty,very thin and needs sugar.
Made it exactly like the original recipe. Delisicious!!!
Very tasty.
Italians don’t even know what Worcestershire sauce is, let alone cook with it!
I made this recipe to be used with lasagna. Best lasagna I’ve ever made. Everything is in perfect proportion, although I did add chopped garlic. LOVED IT!!!!
I’ve used this recipe many times. We couldn’t find a store-bought spaghetti sauce that we (my husband & I) both liked. I use this recipe now. I add two cans of tomato paste to make it thicker and add some basil & oregano seasonings, too. This recipe makes two meals for us so I freeze the leftover sauce. It freezes well and is ready to use for the next meal.
Every time I eat spaghetti with this sauce, I just lose myself in it. One time after my mom made it, I accidentally dropped it. I couldn’t believe I dropped mom’s spaghetti. It felt like my soul was escaping, until she made more. I’m glad she makes it, because every time I try to, I keep on forgetting what I wrote down. Anyway, this sauce is really good. Try it, even if you only give it one shot.
I didn’t have tomato juice so I added more tomato sauce. I also added a can of rotel tomatoes (for some kick), stewed tomatoes, a can of tomato paste, basil, oregano, and thyme. I had to adjust by adding a small amount of water for consistency. It was GREAT! The addition of parsley was a bonus…
I added some real tomatoes (about 6 small) and simmered for 3 hours. Perfect!
This was quick n easy. I did add some chopped Basil to it and used Italian sweet sausage instead of the hamburger. Simmered a good long while. Yummy. Thanks Ronda
We loved how simple and good this was.I had to make small changes due to missing ingredients.I did not have parsley but would have added it.I can so I used 2 quarts tomatos so I had to cook longer to get the water out. I used our favorite deer/pork sausage but still fried it in the oil with onions which would have been the way I usually do it.
Loved it! My husband and I polished off a whole lb of spaghetti it was sooooo good! Will be on my list of faves for years to come!
I made this sauce last night and I added some sugar and oragano, it came out great and i’ll be sure to make it again.
I made this today, it was very yummy, i ended up using fresh garlic instead of powder. And i didn’t have tomatoe juice so i used tomatoe sauce, i would have gave 5 stars, but maybe next time i will add a little sugar, my husband thought that it was perfect!!!!
My husband loved it and he is picky
A simple, tasty sauce. I added Italian spice, used ground turkey, and replaced the tomato sauce with a can of stewed tomatoes and a can of tomato paste.
I have made this recipe twice already. It needs alot longer then an hour to simmer. It took 3 hours this last time to get it to a thick enough consistency. Other changes: Used ground turkey instead of beef. Added some parsley and oregano. Other than that, I absolutely adore this recipe and will be using it as ‘my’ spaghetti sauce recipe.