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[SmokinHandyman]

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2lb. Ground Chuck
2lb. bulk Italian Sausage
3lb. Onions - chopped in large chunks
1 large bulb of garlic (BULB NOT CLOVE) -  chopped in large chunks
3 Large green peppers - chopped in large chunks
3 Ribs of celery
Garlic salt to taste
Garlic pepper to taste
Black pepper to taste

Brown all the above ingredients in a BIG PAN

ADD

3 15.5 oz. cans diced tomatoes with green chilis
3 15.5 oz. cans Italian stewed tomatoes
3 15.5 oz. cans whole tomatoes cut in half

Let simmer for at least 1 hour

Boil 1lb Roteli pasta and combine about 1/3 of sauce mixture

This recipe makes about 3 meals
Divide the remaining sauce and freeze
You should get about 2 good containers of meat mixture to freeze for 2 future meals

[Bentley]

This is my kind of dish already!

(BULB NOT CLOVE)

[Bar-B-Lew]

Wow! That sounds great.  I would like to see some pics the next time you make it.

[Quadman750]

Wow! That sounds great.  I would like to see some pics the next time you make it.

X2 would love to see pics.sounds like a winner

[SmokinHandyman]

Sorry it took so long to post photos.

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[pmillen]

I've been eyeing this recipe for 3 years.  I want to make it but have been holding off.
 
So—is it sort-of a stew texture?

Served in a bowl?

It has pasta in it so you don't serve it over anything?

[SmokinHandyman]

I've been eyeing this recipe for 3 years.  I want to make it but have been holding off.
 
So—is it sort-of a stew texture?

Served in a bowl?

It has pasta in it so you don't serve it over anything?

The answer to all your questions is yes.
Just make the sauce.
Boil the pasta al dente.
I add more of the sauce than I posted in the recipe but mix it to your ratio you like.

Try it.
This is one of our favorite.

Hope you like it.
Let me know.

[02ebz06]

So would 2 lb of pasta be good for the whole batch ?
Then you could freeze ready-made meals.

Also, I assume the Diced tomatoes with green chili are the 10 oz. Rotel size?
Are the other two tomato types 28 oz. cans?

Thanks

[SmokinHandyman]

So would 2 lb of pasta be good for the whole batch ?
Then you could freeze ready-made meals.

Also, I assume the Diced tomatoes with green chili are the 10 oz. Rotel size?
Are the other two tomato types 28 oz. cans?

Thanks

All cans are 15.5 oz. 
I guess you could freeze it with the pasta in it but I like the frozen sauce thawed with fresh pasta.

This is how I make it but everybody can adjust to their own taste.

[02ebz06]

It is good to start with a baseline, then adjust from there...

Thanks...

[hughver]

This recipe is very similar to the meat sauce that I serve over pasta, the major difference are the spices (basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, fennel seeds and bay leaf) and I add red wine, mushrooms and black olives. I make it in large batches and freeze dinner size portions. I don't normally combine the pasta but there are some advantages to doing so, for one, if you slightly under cook the pasta  and simmer it a bit before serving, the sauce will pernitrate and stick better.

[SmokinHandyman]

Made the Scroodles today
Give them a try

[pmillen]

I keep forgetting.  I need to make a list.

[BigDave83]

I know this is a dumb question.

Would one pour off the grease from the browned meat or just allow it to cook into the onions, peppers and celery?

Okay maybe more than 1 question.

The cans of tomatoes, are they the 3" round cans or the 5" round cans, sizes questimated there.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Would one pour off the grease from the browned meat or just allow it to cook into the onions, peppers and celery?

Here is my two cents on this question.  I usually throw in some dry ranch powder seasoning and keep the fat in the meat.  My wife pours it off.  I think it helps the flavor and keeps the sauce thicker.