Pennsylvania Greek Sauce

Despite its name, Greek Sauce is actually a regional favorite of western Pennsylvania as a topping for hot dogs, hamburgers, and even French fries. In this iteration of the sauce, ground beef is simmered with a variety of spices, tomato sauce, and mustard.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 78 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• 1 pound ground beef
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 small onions, chopped
• 2 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the beef in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook until beef is completely brown; drain. Stir the onions, tomato sauce, water, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, garlic powder, cumin, red pepper flakes, and yellow mustard into the beef. Bring to a boil; lower heat to medium-low and simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.