Chunky Red Sauce with Ground Italian Sausage

Name: Chunky Red Sauce with Ground Italian Sausage
Total time: 150
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; 1 pound bulk Italian sausage; 2 tablespoons minced garlic; 1 onion, chopped; 1 green bell pepper, chopped; 1 sweet Italian pepper, chopped; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 zucchini, sliced; 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes; 2 (14 ounce) cans tomato sauce; 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained; 1 tablespoon tomato paste, or more as needed; 2 teaspoons dried oregano; 2 teaspoons dried basil; 1 teaspoon onion powder; 1 teaspoon chopped dried rosemary; 1 teaspoon dried parsley; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Recipe by Jenykell from allrecipes.com

3 Hr. 30 Mins.

Ingredients

10 servings

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1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
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1 pound bulk Italian sausage
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2 tablespoons minced garlic
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1 onion, chopped
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1 green bell pepper, chopped
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1 sweet Italian pepper, chopped
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 zucchini, sliced
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1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
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2 (14 ounce) cans tomato sauce

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1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
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1 tablespoon tomato paste, or more as needed
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2 teaspoons dried oregano
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2 teaspoons dried basil
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1 teaspoon onion powder
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1 teaspoon chopped dried rosemary
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1 teaspoon dried parsley
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½ teaspoon ground black pepper
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½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage and garlic in hot oil until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer sausage and garlic to a plate using a slotted spoon, leaving any drippings in the saucepan.
Saute onion, green pepper, sweet pepper, and salt in the same saucepan until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add zucchini and continue cooking until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes more. Drain off any excess liquid.
Stir sausage, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, basil, rosemary, parsley, black pepper, and red pepper flakes into onion-zucchini mixture. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, cover the saucepan with a lid, and cook, stirring occasionally, until flavors blend and sauce is thickened, about 2 hours.