Olive Garden Spaghetti Sauce

Carmen B.'s Note:

I fiddled around with the original copy cat recipe until I got it where I wanted it and it tastes even better. Add more jelly and onion soup, if desired, but I found that more was too much.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can V8 vegetable juice
• 1 (750 ml) jar ragu original spaghetti sauce
• ½ envelope onion soup mix
• ¼ cup grape jelly
• 1 -2 can mushroom , drained
• 1 green pepper , finely chopped

Directions:

1. Brown meat in oil.
2. Drain and run under hot water to get rid of excess fat.
3. Combine meat in a pot with rest of ingredients.
4. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat;reduce heat and simmer 20-25 minutes.

Reviews

[Wombatish]

I didn't cook this recipe, BUT Olive Garden's meat sauce has sausage. Always has.

They even has the little disclaimer (**Our meat sauce is made with with pan-seared beef and Italian sausage.) on their menu.

[Chef #822787]

I love this recipe. It is easy and flavorful. I think it tastes just as good as Olive Garden's Spaghetti Sauce.