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• 1 to 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1 large potato
• 1 small onion
• 2 to 3 gloves of garlic
• 2 cups water
• 1 pkg spaghetti noodles
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 5 dashes Texas Pete hot sauce
• 1 dash red pepper

Meatballs

Roll the ground beef into balls; season to taste with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder. Brown until done in a large cast iron skillet.

Sauce

Dice up the potato, onion, and garlic cloves and boil in 2 cups of water. Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, hot sauce, and red pepper. Reduce heat and allow to simmer at least 30 minutes for the potato to cook. The sauce tends to bubble and splatter, so cover with a splatter screen. When the meatballs are done, add them to the sauce and simmer.

Spaghetti Noodles

Boil in water until tender, drain, and rinse.

Once noodles, sauce, and meatballs are done and meatballs have simmered in the sauce, serve sauce and meatballs over plate of noodles.