Khandi's Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 lbs ground beef, browned and drained
• 3 lbs ground italian sausage, browned and drained
• 4 onions, chopped
• 6 cans mushrooms, drained or 2 lbs fresh mushrooms, sauteed
• 7 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce (approx. see note below)
• 3 (26 ounce) cans tomatoes, diced
• 1 cup chopped bell pepper (i have them frozen)
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• italian seasoning (i used about 4 to 5 tablespoons – adjust to taste)
• crushed red pepper flakes (to taste – i used a couple of teaspoons – we like it spicy)

Recipe

• 1 brown beef, onions, peppers, sausage and italian seasoning.
• 2 drain well.
• 3 put in stock pot, add mushrooms, sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste, and remaining seasoning, simmer for a long, long time.
• 4 freeze in freezer bags (put 3, 4 or 5 cups sauce per bag).
• 5 ***i’vefound that hunt’s works great.
• 6 it is cheaper than some of the others and it made the best sauce ever.
• 7 i used the roasted garlic variety mostly and one of the others but i can’t remember which one.
• 8 i think that any of them would give similar results.
• 9 i’ve also used plain tomato sauce and increased my seasoning – but the hunt’s turned out the tastiest.
• 10 ***you can substitute pan sausage for the italian sausage and increase the italian seasoning with little change in taste.
• 11 when i do this i usually use jimmy dean’s.