Grandma's Spaghetti
Grandma's Spaghetti is one of the dishes my mother in law used to make. My kids always loved her Spaghetti. The instructions were always add a little of this and of that. This is the closest I've ever came to her recipe. There are two things that I know I have different than hers. I use lean ground beef instead of the greasy ground beef, and I add butter; that replaces the grease from the beef. Her secret ingredient was tomato ketchup :)
Yield: 10
Materials
- 1½ lb ground beef 93/70
- olive oil
- 1 sweet onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- 3 or 4 stalks of celery
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 32 oz Ragu Spaghetti Sauce
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 box regular Spaghetti noodles
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup of chicken broth only if the sauce is too thick
Instructions
- Preheat the cast iron skillet add the olive oil. Brown the ground beef.
- Once the ground beef is browned, take the beef out of the skillet and add to the Dutch Oven. Add the salt, pepper, Italian Seasoning and sugar to the beef.
- Add to the skillet some more olive oil then add the cutup vegetables and the minced garlic. Cook till done.
- Add the Ragu Spaghetti Sauce and 1 cup of tomato ketchup to the beef. Once the vegetables are done add to the Beef mixture, simmer on low for 1 hour.
- Cook the spaghetti noodles according to the box instructions. Add the cooked spaghetti to the sauce. Add 2 tbsp butter and serve.