The flavor of this sauce for meatballs will blow you away! This is the best meatball sauce recipe ever, and so easy to make, too.
Course Dinner
Cuisine American/Italian
Keyword cooking meatballs in sauce, meatball sauce recipe, sauce for meatballs
Prep Time 5minutes
Cook Time 4hours10minutes
Total Time 4hours15minutes
Servings 8
Calories 396kcal
Author Isabel Laessig
Ingredients
1poundsausage
1poundpork loincubed
¼cupolive oil
1tablespoonItalian seasoning
1tablespoonminced garlic
428 oz.tomato saucecans
1smallonionor half 1 large onion, chopped
½teaspoonsugar
salt & pepper to taste
meatballs
Instructions
Place a large deep pan or Dutch Oven over high heat and add ¼ cup olive oil. Add 1 small chopped onion and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
Stir in 1 tablespoon minced garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes until the onions are golden.
Add 1 pound sausage and 1 pound cubed pork loin to the pan. Cook until meat is golden brown, stirring occasionally.
Gradually pour in 4 28 ounce cans of tomato sauce. Then, add ½ teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning.
Stir, then add in your cooked meatballs. Cover and simmer for 4 hours, stirring occasionally.
Serve over pasta of choice, and enjoy!
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Notes
Cook meatballs completely before making sauce for meatballs. I like to make mine in the air fryer, but oven meatballs are a great choice, too. You can even use frozen oven-baked meatballs! Just cook them first.