Heavenly Hot Dog Sauce

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 65 min
Servings: 20
Yield: 20 servings

Description

Try this hot dog sauce recipe and take ordinary franks to a whole new level. The meaty topping has a bite but can be customized to your taste preference.

Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup water
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/3 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon pepper
crushed red pepper flakes to taste

Directions

1 Crumble ground beef into a Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir in water, and mash ground beef thoroughly with a potato masher. Stir in tomato sauce, ketchup, sugar, chili powder, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the sauce reaches a medium consistency that is not too soupy, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.