Easy Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Recipe

This easy homemade spaghetti and meat sauce recipe is rich, hearty, and flavorful. Perfect for family dinners!

📝 Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 8 oz. Italian sausage
• 1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 28 oz. crushed tomatoes
• 2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 white onion (left in tact, don’t chop)
• 1 lb. spaghetti
• Grated Parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes for serving

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add ground beef and Italian sausage to the Dutch oven. Season with Italian seasoning and salt and break meat up with a spoon. Cook until meat is browned, about 7-9 minutes.
2. 2Add crushed tomatoes, red wine vinegar, butter, and sugar to meat mixture. Stir together. Submerge onion half (leave it whole as we’ll remove it after cooking) into sauce. Simmer meat sauce over low heat for 20-30 minutes. Remove onion before serving.
3. 3While sauce is cooking, cook pasta according to package instructions to al dente.
4. 4Serve meat sauce over spaghetti and serve with grated Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes to taste.