Garbage Plate Sauce

Meat sauce with a wonderful blend of spices to pour over your choice of meat, macaroni salad, or home fries. A Rochester, New York original and a must-have. Add diced onions, ketchup, and mustard if desired.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 104 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 ¼ cups water
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• ½ pound ground beef
• ¼ teaspoon chili powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon ground thyme

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in the ground beef. Cook and stir until the beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease.

Step 2

Transfer the cooked beef to a blender and blend until the meat is finely minced. Bring the minced beef, water, vinegar, paprika, black pepper, chili powder, cayenne pepper, salt, allspice, cloves, cumin, thyme, and cinnamon to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat; cook for at least 30 minutes, adding water as needed to keep the mixture moist and gravy-like.