Meat Lovers Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by TheDancingCook

"Sauce that is chock full of chopped ground beef, pork sausage and meatballs. Serve it over your favorite pasta noodles, as a sauce for lasagna, ziti or manicotti or use it as a pizza sauce. Freezes well too. May serve more than 12 servings."

 

• Ready In: 18mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 - 1 1⁄2 lb pork sausage (Jimmy Dean)
• 20 ounces frozen meatballs
• 3 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, Italian style
• 1 (26 ounce) jar of ragu robusto spaghetti sauce (chopped tomato, olive oil and garlic flavor....or your favorite)
• 1 large onion, chopped fine
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• Italian spices

directions

1. In two separate skillets, brown the ground beef and onion in one skillet and the pork sausage in another until browned; drain well.
2. Meanwhile, in a medium to large stockpot or large dutch oven, combine tomatoes, sauce, and garlic.
3. Add beef/onion and sausage to pot; mix well and top off generously with Italian seasonings.
4. Bring to a boil; simmer on low for at least 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
5. Add frozen meatballs to sauce about 30 minutes prior to serving.