BIG BOY-STYLE SPAGHETTI
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 9)
INGREDIENTS:
1½-lbs ground beef
½ cup water
2-lb jar Ragu [Traditional] Spaghetti Sauce
1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix (or the Beef & Mushroom Mix)
1 TB dehydrated green peppers
1 tsp minced, dried oregano (or ½ tsp oregano powder)
¼ tsp pepper
¼ tsp salt
10-oz can tomato soup
1-lb pkg. thin spaghetti
INSTRUCTIONS:
[In a large skillet,[ brown beef well. Remove half and put through blender with water, using on/off agitation. Blend until consistency of mortar or pulp. Combine with remaining beef in a 2½-qt saucepan and add everything [as listed], except spaghetti. Simmer for 35 minutes, stirring often.
Cook spaghetti per box instructions, draining well – but DON’T rinse! [It will make the sauce “runny”. Instead, coat spaghetti with 3 TB corn oil to keep it from being “sticky”.]
Spoon sauce over spaghetti on 4-6 individual serving dishes.
See also…
Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Mondays, Motivations, And Mentors
