heavenly hot dog sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 tablespoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• crushed red pepper flakes to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 40 mins


• crumble ground beef into a dutch oven over medium heat. stir in water, and mash ground beef thoroughly with a potato masher. stir in tomato sauce, ketchup, salt, pepper, sugar, and chili powder; bring to a boil. reduce heat to low; simmer, 60 to 90 minutes, until the sauce reaches a medium consistency that is not too soupy.