This is a simple method that eliminates the need to preheat the grill or spend hours marinating to get the flavor of bulgogi. It provides a good, quick supper with Korean influences when combined with steamed white rice and cabbage kimchee.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 2 ½ cups chopped tomatoes
- 1 ⅓ (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1 (4.5 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons dried minced onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ¾ teaspoon white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- 12 ounces spaghetti
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
- Transfer beef into a large pot over low heat; stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, mushrooms, onion, salt, oregano, sugar, pepper, and garlic powder. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes; drain. Serve meat sauce over spaghetti.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 557 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 66 g |
| Cholesterol | 68 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 28 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 1002 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It is very quick and very easy at the final i added some cheese top on it and my mother says she loved it.
This was easy and great. I used it as a pantry meal or I would have followed the directions exactly. I subbed the oregano with fresh thyme and I only had one can of paste. I used a can of fire roasted tomatoes in place of fresh and used fresh mushrooms. I added a little water to make it not so thick. It gave us an extra meal for the week!
I made this recipe but added a little water after adding all the ingredients because I thought it was a little bit too dry but in the end, it turned out GREAT!!!!!!!
I decided to give this a go. Turned out very thick, but delicious. We usually have leftovers when I do spaghetti. There were no leftovers! I used peeled chopped tomatoes, left seeds and juice. I had no tomato paste. So I used 2 cans tomato sauce. I browned my finely chopped fresh onion and minced garlic in a bit of olive oil, then added the browned goodies to the ground beef n chopped it in well. I used all the other ingredients as per the recipe except the mushroom. I still had to season to less bitter with a bit more sugar and garlic powder. I added sweet basil, done! Will double the recipe next time, due the thickness it takes more per plate. This recipe is a great base, but tweak it to your liking as any cook would! Try it!
My son in law made this and we enjoyed it so much that I made a double batch and froze the sauce in small containers to have later. I used good canned chopped tomatoes instead of fresh.
I added water to thin it and I also add Ms. Dash Roasted Garlic Italian Seasoning. So good and easy to make. I also added some basil. Such an easy good base that you can add to it to make it your own. Thank you for sharing.
It is nice recipe but I think if you reduce the amount of the red sauce so the tast be better
I used fresh chopped onions and I substituted green bell pepper for the mushrooms because that’s what I had. I did brown my meat, onions and bell pepper prior to simmering in the tomato mixture. Very easy to make and quite tasty.
I substituted fresh finely chopped onion for the dry minced onion, fresh garlic for the powder, and canned diced tomatoes for the fresh tomatoes, as this was what I had on hand. I thought this recipe was just okay, and it is unlikely I would make it again. It was definitely not too dry. I thought it had just a bit too much of tomato tartness. Perhaps using fresh tomatoes as the recipe called for would have toned that tang down a bit.
I will so make this again!! My brother loves it and almost at all of it!
Delicious, quick and easy!!! I will make this again and again! I doubled the recipe and added a bit more garlic powder. Very tasty recipe!!!
I made this sauce without the meat and onions as I wanted something quick and easy for my gnocchi and didn’t have any onions or meat. I simmered for 1 hour and 30 minutes. It turned out great!! I would definitely make again! 🙂
I’ve made this, absolutely delicious! I did not add the sugar and used ground turkey (about 1lb) and turkey spicy sausage, used sea salt and black pepper along with McCormick Italian spice….I love adding extra herbs to give it a strong taste since I do not use much fat or sugar in my recipes! It was enough for leftovers for a whole meal (due to the meat) and I didn’t have to do more than one can of each tomatoes, diced and paste. Perfect! My kids loved it too!
I give it a 5 for the reason is really delicious and so easy. Sure we could all make a more complex authentic Italian sauce, but why? 🙂 I did use fresh onion and garlic.
Very easy recipe, and honestly had everything on hand which was a real plus. But I had to add two small cans of tomato sauce with a little water. Eyeballed the water amount. We don’t like a very “saucy” sauce, but it had no other liquid to simmer in. Used fresh minced garlic also. Simmered real low almost two hours. Tastes great. Will definitely make again.
Very very good and so easy to make. Brown your meat…add everything else and simmer. woolah its finished!
VERY good & healthy too. Buy the Barilla veggie spaghetti for the kids and it’s a really good dinner. I added a bit of water to give more sauce. Kids loved it!
Ok as written this recipe just didnt work for us unfortunately. Iv made this twice first time as written the end result was very thick and as other reviewers said dry! I loved the fact that the recipe did only call for tomato paste and tomatoes especially on those weeks when my pantry is getting low. I really felt this recipe had potential so my changes were I used fresh onions and Garlic (only because I had them on hand) added about a cup of water with two cans of tomato paste and doubled the sugar we prefer a sweeter sauce!Also I did decide to cook it in my slow cooker makes my life even easier! I didnt rate this recipe based on the seasonings I based it on texture of the sauce! I feel like with any recipe you can tweak seasonings to your own personal taste! All in all It is a basic sauce for me the major problem is that it is wayyyy to thick! I will continue to use this recipe with my tweaks! I thank you for sharing this recipe it has now become the perfect base for me to make my own!!
Delish!! Used fresh onions, garlic and mushrooms. Also used Rotel diced tomatoes, so it had a kick to it!! Family loved it!
Delicious, quick sauce when you want some pasta and are short on time! Didn’t simmer for the entire time, but still came out great.
Love, love, love, this recipe!!! I was trying to make a good, quick, and easy dinner for my family. Found this recipe, ran to the grocery store and got the ingredients I didn’t have at home. It is a thick sauce but if you cook it on low it comes out delightful. I used 3/4 pounds of ground beef only. I also added dried basil and cooked it for an hour and 15 minutes because of a time constraint. It still came out amazing!! Thank you! Thank you for this amazing website!!!