Quick Beef Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can hunts tomato paste
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons dried basil
• 1 -2 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1 -2 tablespoon kosher salt

Recipe

• 1 cook ground beef as follows.
• 2 lightly cover bottom of skillet with salt.
• 3 sprinkle ground beef over salt.
• 4 sprinkle half of basil over beef.
• 5 smoosh beef with back of spatula while browning to keep meat from chunking.
• 6 once beef is mostly cooked, add onion.
• 7 when onion is soft, add remaining ingredients except salt.
• 8 bring to simmer, do not boil.
• 9 taste.
• 10 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 11 serve over pasta.