Easiest Ragu Recipe Ever!

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

red wine

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic wine

💰Cheaper: beef broth

Non-alcoholic wine provides similar flavor without alcohol, while beef broth is cost-effective.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free while pecorino is often less expensive than parmesan.

Cut the chuck roast into small chunks.

Season the meat with salt.

Heat a large pot until it's ripping hot.

Add avocado oil to the pot.

Sear the meat until it looks browned.

Remove the hot oil from the pot.

Return the seared meat to the pot.

Cook on high heat for 2 minutes.

Deglaze the pot with red wine or white wine, scraping the bottom to get all the flavor out.

Add 2 chopped onions and 5 cloves of minced garlic to the pot.

Add 1 liter of tomato sauce and 1 liter of chicken stock to the pot.

Cover the pot with aluminum foil.

Bake in the oven at 400°F for 3 hours.

After 3 hours, remove the meat from the pot.

Use the mixture as a pasta sauce.

Prepare fresh pasta by yelling at it (implied humor).

Add the pasta to the sauce.

Mix in 4 tablespoons of pasta water and a knob of butter.

Top with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.

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