Spaghetti with Green Chile Meatballs
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| Spaghetti with Green Chile Meatballs The Spaghetti Sauce 2 T butter 2T Olive Oil 2 cloves garlic 1 onion 2 teaspoons dried basil or 1/4 up cup fresh 2 bay leafs 3 T fresh parsley 2 T Worcestershire sauce 1 Teaspoon sweet red pepper flakes 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes 3/4 teaspoon black pepper 3/4 teaspoon salt (more or less to your taste) 32 ounces canned tomatoes 16 ounces tomatoe sauce 7 ounce can diced green chilies 1/2 cup wheat germ optional Use large sauce pan, add butter and melt over medium heat. Finely chop onion and mince garlic, (a food processor works well to chops the onion.) Add chopped onion and minced garlic to melted butter and cook over medium heat until tender low heat. Be careful not to overcook the garlic. Add canned tomatoes, tomatoe sauce, basil, bay leafs, sweet pepper flakes, hot pepper flakes, black pepper, and salt and simmer for one hour. Making the Chile Meatballs 2 pounds ground lean beef 7 ounce can green Chiles 1 small onion chopped finely, about 3/4 of cup 1 clove garlic minced 2 T Worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup wheat germ (optional - this is a good way to add whole grains to this recipe 1/2 teaspoon salt or more to your liking 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Mix all of the above together and use your hands to mix well, form into small balls size of ping pong ball, brown in frying pan about 15 minutes, put in large baking dish bake at 350 degrees for another 20 minutes, until done. Spaghetti Noodles 13.25 ounce package of Spaghetti Noodles, 2 Bay leafs 3 T fresh parsley chopped fine or 1 teaspoon dried 1 clove garlic minced 2 T Olive Oil 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Combine 3 T parsley, 1 minced garlic, 2 T olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper in small bowl and let set Cook spaghetti noodles according to package directions with the two bay leafs. Putting it all together In large bowl mix cooked noodles in with parsley olive oil mixture. Remove meatballs from oven and pour spaghetti sauce over them. Then pour meatball sauce mixture over the noodles. Serve immediately. | |
