One Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce
This spaghetti meat sauce recipe makes a lot of sauce and only uses one pot! I usually freeze at least half of it in individual servings that can be re-heated later for really quick meals.
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One Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 cooking onions diced
- 3 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 lb ground turkey chicken or beef
- ½ cup chopped fresh parsley or 3 Tbsp dried parsley
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano or 2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary or 2 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp dried basil
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 24 roma tomatoes chopped, or 4 small (14.5-ounce) cans of diced tomatoes
- 4 small 14.5-ounce cans of tomato sauce
- 1 16- ounce package of fresh sliced mushrooms or 3 4-ounce cans of canned mushrooms, drained
- 4 bay leaves
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in the stock pot over medium heat
- Add the diced onions and minced garlic.
- Cook until tender and translucent.
- Add ground meat.
- Cook until meat is browned.
- Stir the parsley, oregano, rosemary, basil, salt and pepper into the turkey and onion mixture.
- Mix in the tomatoes, tomato sauce and mushrooms.
- Add the bay leaves.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat to medium-low.
- Simmer, uncovered for about an hour, stirring occasionally.
- Serve over spaghetti sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese.
Notes
You can also choose to make it with ground turkey or chicken (instead of the traditional ground beef) which decreases the calories and fat content, and still tastes great! Pots: large stockpot This recipe makes a large batch of sauce (about 16 servings, depending on how big your servings are).
Nutrition Facts
One Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
241
% Daily Value*
Fat
14
g
22
%
Cholesterol
25
mg
8
%
Sodium
854
mg
37
%
Carbohydrates
21.4
g
7
%
Sugar
14.5
g
16
%
Protein
10.4
g
21
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.
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This post was originally published on September 10, 2015 but was updated with new content on March 19, 2024.