Easy Spaghetti Bolognese
This is a true one-pot meal: meat, pasta, and veggies all cook together and, thanks to the super-skinny angel hair spaghetti, they cook together quickly. Plus, since you boil the pasta right in the sauce, the flavor soaks into every strand -- which is a good reason to use a great-tasting sauce.
Ingredients
Directions
- In a large, heavy pot over medium heat, sauté the beef until it is browning in places and no longer pink —3 or 4 minutes.
- Add the sauce and cook, stirring, for a minute or two, then stir in the salt, sugar, olive oil, water, pasta, and greens.
- Stir constantly until the mixture comes to a boil, then turn the heat down to low, cover the pot, and simmer gently — stirring frequently so that the bottom doesn't scorch —for 10 or so minutes, until the pasta is tender.
- Serve with grated parmesan cheese.
What is the Family Approved program?
In Their Opinion:
- Good for Grownups
- Go-To Meal
- Quick
- Easy
- Kids Can Help
This recipe would be great to make ahead on busy nights when the kids have dance lessons and baseball practice. I would just reheat it and serve. Even if I didn't make it ahead of time, it is so quick and easy that it takes no time at all. This recipe was easy, tasty, kid friendly and I loved that I could make it in one pot!
[Dylan] liked it and enjoyed cutting up spinach and stirring the ingredients into the pot. Dylan: "It was delicious."
[Ella] finished it! The kids rarely finish what I give them, especially Ella who is the pickiest of them all. She usually will pick things out of the food. I was expecting her to separate the spinach from the dish, but she didn't. Ella: "Super, super so good, I loved it!"
Nicholas ate all of it and asked for more!
Member Comments On...
Easy Spaghetti Bolognese
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this looks really really good.
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This is the real recipe of "ragù bolognese" (sorry for my english ... )
- lean beef
- fresh pork bellies
- red wine (sangiovese dry)
- meat broth
- tomato sauce (triple or double concentrate)
- onions, carrots and celery
- cream outcrop
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We had this for dinner tonight and it was awesome!! I new the original recipe would not feed my family of four! The changes I made were: 16 oz box of spaghetti, which is double what the recipe called for; therefore, used just under 4 cups of water (I eyeballed it). I also used double the greens, specifically, kale. The rest of the recipe instructions worked out great. This has definitely made it to my Recipe Box filed under, Quick, Easy, Hearty, Yummy and Economical!
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