Meat Sauce / Sloppy Joes

This is my basic recipe for a meat sauce. I use this for everything. Sloppy joes, pasta, on top of hot dogs, you name it, I've probably put on it. Chris calls this Goulash, I call it yum. :-)

Meat Sauce


1lb ground beef
1 tablespoon of McCormick Spicy Montreal Steak Seasoning
1 14oz can of tomato sauce
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons of chili powder.

Brown up the ground beef and drain. Add the beef back into the pan, then add in the tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, and seasoning. Heat through, and enjoy! You may want to add a little water to thin it out if you choose to use it for pasta. Otherwise, it gets kind-of pastey.

My favorite is to add in Potatoes O'Brien (you can find them frozen, it comes with onions and peppers with hash brown potatoes), peas, carrots, and corn into the meat sauce. I usually heat up some mini shells (like the Barilla Piccolini boxes), and throw that in too. It makes an awesome dinner. It may only be 1lb of beef, but it makes a TON of food. This adaptation has fed Chris and I for about 6-7 servings.

For Sloppy Joes, you may want to add an extra shake or two of the seasoning to kick it up, then serve it over bread (or Chris' favorite, bagels...don't ask me where he got that from).