Olive Garden Spicy 3 Meat Sauce
Olive Garden Spicy 3 Meat Sauce brings the heat with a bold blend of ground beef, zesty hot Italian sausage and smoky pepperoni all simmered in a rich, savory tomato sauce. It’s the ultimate meaty masterpiece for pasta lovers who like their dinner with a little kick!
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Olive Garden’s new spicy three-meat sauce is just a variation of their regular meat sauce. We’re swapping out the carrots and celery and replacing with hot Italian sausage and pepperoni! This is in addition to the ground beef & onion in the original recipe.
Tips & Tricks for Spicy 3 Meat Sauce
What I like about making this sauce is that you can customize the sauce to your liking! Here are some ideas:
- Mild Spice Level – just like a little spice? Add red pepper flakes
- Super Spicy – add more red pepper flakes and use a spicy Italian sausage
- Semi-Homemade – use a jarred marinara sauce like Rao’s and then add the meats to it
- Veggies – if you like more veggies – add bell pepper, carrots and mushrooms when you’re sautéing the onion.
How to make Olive Garden Spicy 3 Meat Sauce
This sauce is easy to make and goes together quickly. You can have it on the table in just 30 minutes! Saute the meats & veggies and then add tomatoes and seasonings – that’s it!
- SAUTE – Heat oil in large skillet or Dutch oven and saute onions, pepper & garlic.
- MEAT – Add ground beef and sausage and cook 10 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add in pepperoni and stir to combine.
- DEGLAZE – Deglaze pan with wine and reduce until liquid is nearly gone.
- TOMATOES – Add tomatoes and herbs and stir.
- SIMMER – Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add red pepper flakes
- SERVE – over bucatini (or your favorite pasta)
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Olive Garden Spicy 3 Meat Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small sweet yellow onion finely diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 tbsp minced garlic cloves
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1/2 lb hot Italian sausage
- 1/4 lb pepperoni diced
- 1 cup red wine
- 28 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp rosemary
- 1/4 tsp dried sage
- 1 tsp red chili flakes
Instructions
- Heat oil in Dutch Oven.2 tbsp olive oil
- Add onion, bell pepper and garlic and cook about 5 minutes.1 small sweet yellow onion, 1 red bell pepper, 1 tbsp minced garlic cloves
- Add ground beef and sausage and cook 10 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add in pepperoni and stir to combine.1/2 lb ground beef, 1/2 lb hot Italian sausage, 1/4 lb pepperoni
- Deglaze pan with wine and reduce until liquid is nearly gone.1 cup red wine
- Add tomatoes, salt, rosemary and sage and stir.28 oz crushed tomatoes, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp rosemary, 1/4 tsp dried sage
- Cover and simmer for about 1 hour, stirring frequently.
- Add red chili flakes and stir.1 tsp red chili flakes
- Serve sauce mixture over bucatinii!
