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Spaghetti with Red Sauce

Pasta and noodles

Spaghetti with Red Sauce

A classic, easy pasta dish: spaghetti tossed in a bright tomato sauce with ground beef.

Total time125 min
Prep55 min
Cook70 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyHard
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Pasta and noodlesInternationalNut freeHardLong cook

Recipe story

Spaghetti with red sauce.. The classic pasta recipe loved by kids and adults alike :)

Ingredients

  • 1 standard box of long, thin pasta
  • 1 large dry onion
  • 4 ripe tomatoes
  • 3 cups water
  • 1/2 kilogram coarsely ground beef
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • White pepper
  • Spaghetti with Red Sauce recipe from a friend and the site’s cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
  • Mona Qasem
  • Click Mona’s name to visit her page on our site and follow all of her easy and delicious home recipes
  • For more spaghetti recipes to try, here is Spaghetti with Chicken and Cream on this link: Spaghetti with Chicken and Cream
  • To make a very tasty vegetable spaghetti, click here: How to Make Vegetable Spaghetti

Method

  1. Preparing spaghetti with red sauce — couldn't be easier.
  2. Boil the pasta in water with a pinch of salt.
  3. When it's cooked, drain it, then drizzle one tablespoon of oil over it so it doesn't stick together, and set it aside.
  4. Chop the onion and tomatoes, then put them in a pot over the heat.
  5. Add 3 cups of water and spices and let them boil until the vegetables are cooked.
  6. Blend the sauce in an electric blender then return it to the pot, and add tomato paste.
  7. In a frying pan, sauté the meat in a little oil until browned.
  8. Add the meat to the sauce and let it simmer for a few minutes.
  9. Add the pasta and salt, stir, then remove the pot from the heat.
  10. Serve the spaghetti with red sauce hot.
  11. Mona Qasim
  12. For more spaghetti recipes we recommend trying, here is Chicken and Cream Spaghetti at this link: Spaghetti with Chicken and Cream
  13. To make a very, very tasty vegetarian spaghetti, click this link: How to Prepare Vegetable Spaghetti

Notes and serving ideas

  • Spaghetti with Chicken and Cream
  • How to Make Vegetable Spaghetti
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