45 Minute Spaghetti Sauce

When I was little and our family had spaghetti, this is the recipe that my mom made. The 45 minute spaghetti sauce has been a favorite of mine forever. Then when I got married, my husband detested spaghetti. I told him he needed to try mine, then if he still couldn’t stand spaghetti, I wouldn’t make it again. Well, he found my recipe to be palatable. So now, this is only recipe for spaghetti that I make and my oldest son requests it often.

It is definitely different than your typical Italian spaghetti sauce. I think the bacon in the recipe is what give this sauce it’s different flavor. I usually don’t add the olives because no one in my family likes them. But on occasion, if I have some in my refrigerator, I’ll throw some on my portion. I love the addition of the olives. My recipe for Divine Breadsticks goes great with this spaghetti.

• ONION
• HAMBURGER
• BACON
• SALT
• PEPPER
• SUGAR
• GARLIC POWDER OR SALT
• WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
• WATER
• TOMATO PASTE
• TOMATO SAUCE
• SLICED OLIVES
• SPAGHETTI

45 Minute Spaghetti Sauce

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ ¾ cup onion
• ▢ ½ lb hamburger
• ▢ ¼ lb bacon cooked and diced1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ ⅛ tsp pepper
• ▢ 2 tsp sugar
• ▢ 2 to 3 dashes garlic powder or salt
• ▢ 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ 1 6 oz can tomato paste
• ▢ 1 8 oz can tomato sauce
• ▢ ¼ cup sliced olives optional
• ▢ cooked spaghetti

Instructions

 

• In a large pot or skillet, cook onion with hamburger, until beef is fully cooked.
• Add remaining ingredients except for olives and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
• Then, if desired, add ¼ cup sliced olives. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes more.
• Serve over cooked spaghetti. Serves 4-6.

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This is the original photo for this post. The above photo was updated in Oct. 2013.

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