Meatballs/spaghetti without making balls

happy chick

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:06 pm

I'm not sure how to describe this correctly, but I'm looking to make meatballs/spaghetti but I don't want to form balls. I'd like to saute the chop meat and then cook it with sauce/spices. And then serve a spoonful of the meat on top of the spaghetti. Can anyone tell me how to do that properly? Preferably with measurements and times. Thanks!

marvinkay

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:07 pm

Look up cheatballs on kosher.com
Esti wolbe has a shortcut hack so you don’t have to form the balls

harriet

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:08 pm

I think this is similar to what you’re talking about

https://www.imamother.com/foru.....91036

Ema of 5

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:10 pm

happy chick wrote:

That’s exactly what you do. Sauté meat (and onions and garlic if you want) then add sauce and cook it for a few minutes until it gets hot.

sara1232

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:11 pm

It's called spaghetti bolognese. Google should have recipes.

happy chick

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:11 pm

Ema of 5 wrote:

That’s exactly what you do. Sauté meat (and onions and garlic if you want) then add sauce and cook it for a few minutes until it gets hot.

Just a few minutes?

Writergirl

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:11 pm

This is what we call sloppy Joe's. I pour one or two cans of tomato sauce into a pan spice with onion, garlic a little paprika, sugar and let the sauce boil up a bit, then I add ground beef ans chop it down. Let it cook on medium for a bit so the meat cooks up, cover and turn to low. Cook for about 25 minutes. Yum! Tastes delicious with rice and corn tucked into an Ortega taco.

AlwaysThinking

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:12 pm

What Americans call meat sauce? Or the English call Bolognese sauce?

mha3484

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:13 pm

sara1232 wrote:

It's called spaghetti bolognese. Google should have recipes.

If your googlimg, Spaghetti Bolognese is totally different. Look for pasta and meat sauce recipes.

Ema of 5

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:14 pm

sara1232 wrote:

It's called spaghetti bolognese. Google should have recipes.

The not fancy name is spaghetti and meat sauce

sara1232

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:15 pm

https://www.recipetineats.com/.....nese/
This is the recipe I use. Delicious.

Good Friend

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:16 pm

1 lb. ground beef
3⁄4 cup water
Pepper
Onion powder
Ketchup
15 oz. tomato sauce

Brown the meat with the water in a pan until it is no longer pink. Add the rest of the ingredients and warm.

mha3484

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:16 pm

Ema of 5 wrote:

The not fancy name is spaghetti and meat sauce

Bolognese has different ingredients and cooks for hours. Its a totally different thing.

Ema of 5

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:17 pm

happy chick wrote:

Just a few minutes?

I do it until it’s hot. But I also wait until the meat is fully cooked before adding the sauce.

AlwaysThinking

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:19 pm

mha3484 wrote:

Bolognese has different ingredients and cooks for hours. Its a totally different thing.

In England pretty sure we called regular "meat sauce" Bolognese and didn't use any fancy long cooking method.

ra_mom

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 2:26 pm

happy chick wrote:

https://www.imamother.com/foru.....56745

Ema of 5

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 3:29 pm

mha3484 wrote:

Bolognese has different ingredients and cooks for hours. It’s a totally different thing.

This is the first recipe I saw, and it cooks for half an hour.

https://www.recipetineats.com/.....25094

Amarante

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 3:39 pm

mha3484 wrote:

Bolognese has different ingredients and cooks for hours. Its a totally different thing.

Not necessarily

What the Italians call "Sunday Gravy" cooks for hours but that is because there are large cuts of meat so it is more of a braise- and includes pork, beef an sausages.

DrMom

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 3:40 pm

mha3484 wrote:

Bolognese has different ingredients and cooks for hours. Its a totally different thing.

AFAIK, Bolognese is made with ground meat and is slow-cooked, whereas meat sauce is made with chopped up pieces of meat.

It sounds to me like Bolognese is closer to what OP wants (sauce made with ground beef that otherwise would have gone into meatballs).

mha3484

Sun, Dec 17 2023, 3:44 pm

I make this for special occasions its delicious

https://damndelicious.net/2022.....nese/

But I don't use any of that to make a weekday pasta and meat sauce.

To me, its way different.