Basic Tomato Meat Sauce

8 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/4 c. olive oil
  • 1/2 c. (1 medium) chopped onion
  • 1/2 lb. ground chuck
  • 7 c. (2 to 2 1/2 cans) tomatoes, sieved
  • 1 Tbsp. salt
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp. sweet basil or oregano
  • 3/4 c. (6 oz. can) tomato sauce

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat olive oil in saucepot.
  2. 2
    Add onion and cook until lightly browned.
  3. 3
    Add and brown ground chuck.
  4. 4
    Add slowly, a mixture of tomatoes, salt, bay leaf and sweet basil or oregano.
  5. 5
    Cover saucepot and simmer over very low heat about 2 1/2 hours.
  6. 6
    Add tomato sauce.

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