Homemade Meat Sauce

This is a super easy meat sauce/chili recipe. There is nothing like making this yummy topping fresh. Meat Sauce can be used for many different dishes! So if your not a Chili Cheese Dog fan that’s OK. Try this meat sauce recipe on cheese fries, nachos, and baked potatoes. Nothing like a versatile recipe to have for a easy lunch or dinner. So let’s forget about the canned stuff for a minute, and jump into the easy recipe!

Details

Servings

6-8 Servings

Prep time

10 minutes

Cooking time

30-35 minutes

Serving ideas

Hotdogs, potatoes, hamburgers

Chili Cheese Hot Dog

Ingredients

  • 1 lb of ground beef

  • 16 oz can of tomato sauce or 2 8oz small cans

  • 1 sweet or yellow onion

  • 1/2 cup of Beef broth or 1 packet of Beef bouillon

  • 1 tbsp cumin

  • 1 tbsp of chili powder (add more if you like)

  • 2 cloves of fresh garlic or 1 tbsp of garlic powder

  • 1 tbsp of brown sugar

  • 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce

  • 1/2 cup of yellow mustard

  • 1 tbsp of vegetable or choice of oil to saute onion and garlic

Ground beef cooking with onions and fresh garlic
Pot of Meat Sauce

Directions

  • First, get your onions and garlic diced. I like to chop my onions small!
  • Next, in a pan, add oil, turn stove on medium high heat. Then add onions and garlic. Saute for about 1-2 minutes then add ground beef. Cook ground beef until brown, then drain any extra oil. (Season ground beef to your liking while cooking)
  • Now in a pot, add all the ingredients: cooked ground beef, tomato sauce, broth, brown sugar, mustard, worcestershire, chili powder, cumin. Stir everything together and let cook on medium low heat for at least 20-25 minutes.
  • Last, turn off let cool for a few or serve on hotdogs or your dish of choice.
Scoop of Meat Sauce
Chili Cheese Dogs with a side of Tater Tots