Cooking Light Spaghetti and Meat Sauce Recipe #174680
My new favorite recipe for Spaghetti Sauce! The secret ingredient is.... roasted red bell peppers! Cooking Light adapted recipe.
by Redsie
1½ hours | 20 min prep
SERVES 14
- 1 1/2 lbs extra lean ground beef
- cooking spray
- 1 1/2 cups diced onions
- 1 1/2 cups diced green bell peppers
- 1 cup diced red bell pepper
- 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups shredded zucchini (about 2 large)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 (7 ounce) bottle roasted red peppers, undrained
- 14 cups hot cooked spaghetti (about 1 3/4 pounds uncooked pasta)
- Cook the meat in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain meat well, and set aside. Wipe out pan with a paper towel, and coat with cooking spray.
- Place the pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add the diced onion, diced bell peppers, mushrooms and minced garlic, and sauté 5 minutes or until tender. Add zucchini, and sauté 5 minutes. Drain vegetables. Return meat and vegetables to pan, and stir in dried oregano, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper. Cook mixture over medium-high heat 5 minutes. Add sugar, crushed and stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, and roasted red bell peppers to pan, and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour or until sauce is thick. Serve the meat sauce over pasta.
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