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Submitted by dani1023

Quick spaghetti sauce made with ground chicken or turkey, white wine, tomato sauce, and fresh vegetables. A lighter meat sauce with basil and sage, ready in 30 minutes.

YIELD

3 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

A lighter spaghetti sauce that swaps ground beef for ground chicken or turkey without sacrificing flavor. White wine, crushed garlic, basil, and sage build a savory, aromatic base that tastes like it simmered for hours.

Breaking up the ground meat with a fork as it browns is important. You want small, crumbly pieces throughout the sauce, not big clumps. The onions cook alongside the meat from the start, softening in the rendered fat and picking up all those browned bits.

White wine goes in with the tomato sauce and simmers for five minutes, which cooks off the alcohol and concentrates the flavor. Then green pepper, garlic, basil, and sage join the party and cook just long enough to bloom the herbs and soften the pepper while keeping some crunch.

Kitchen Tips

  • Use a fork to break the meat into small pieces as it cooks. A spatula leaves large chunks that don’t distribute evenly through the sauce.
  • Don’t skip the white wine. It adds acidity that balances the sweetness of the tomato sauce and rounds out the flavor. If you don’t cook with wine, use chicken broth with a splash of vinegar.
  • Crush the garlic rather than mincing it. Crushed cloves release more oils and give you a stronger garlic presence in a quick-cooking sauce.
  • Stir frequently once the sauce comes to a boil. Ground poultry sauces are leaner and stick to the bottom more easily than beef-based ones.

Variations

  • Add red pepper flakes or a diced hot pepper with the green bell pepper for more heat.
  • Stir in a can of diced tomatoes along with the tomato sauce for a chunkier, more rustic texture.
  • Replace white wine with red wine for a deeper, more traditional Italian sauce flavor.

Ingredients

1 453.6
POUND G GROUND CHICKEN
or 1 lb ground turkey
1 15
TABLESPOON ML OLIVE OIL
2 2
EACH ONIONS
chopped
4 4
CLOVES EACH GARLIC
crushed
14 404.6
OUNCES ML/G TOMATO SAUCE
½ 118
CUP ML WHITE WINE *
1 1
SWEET SWEET GREEN BELL PEPPER *
1 5
TEASPOON ML BASIL
dried *
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML SAGE LEAVES *

Directions

Heat oil in a large saucpan set over medium heat.

Add ground chicken or turkey to pan along with onions.

Stir frequently with a fork until meat loses most of its pink color.

Add Tomato sauce and white wine.

Simmer for 5 minutes.

Add remaining ingredients.

Sauté for 2 minutes. Cover and bring to a boil, stirring often.

Then, reduce heat and simmer, stirring often for at least 5 min.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 381g (13.4 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 314 26% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 9g 14%
Saturated Fat 2g 9%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 106mg 35%
Sodium 137mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 7g 7%
Dietary Fiber 4g 14%
Sugars g
Protein 72g
Vitamin A 11% Vitamin C 52%
Calcium 8% Iron 16%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, Good source of fiber, Low Sodium
 

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