Olive Garden Three Meat Sauce

Name: Olive Garden Three Meat Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 48 ounces marinara sauce (2 jars); 16 ounces crushed tomatoes (1 can); 1 cup chopped onions; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 pound ground beef; 1 pound Italian sausage (removed from casings); 1/2 cup pepperoni (chopped fine); 1 teaspoon Italian seasonings

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Olive Garden Three Meat Sauce combines ground beef, Italian sausage, and pepperoni to make a meat sauce recipe perfect for any pasta dish. You know Olive Garden has the best pasta sauces and this one doesn’t disappoint. In fact, I think you will find this one of the best spaghetti sauce you can make at home.

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Hearty Olive Garden Meat Sauce

What makes Olive Garden Three Meat Sauce so good? It’s using a variety of meats that gives this recipe extra flavor. Best of all, you let the meat do the work for you. You will find the pepperoni and Italian sausage gives this sauce the perfect amount of zip and zing to the sauce.

This meat sauce recipe starts out with a simple marinara sauce and then we add seasoned ground beef, Italian sausage, and pepperoni. These specially seasoned meats make this sauce taste so good.

This three meat sauce for pasta is perfect for your favorite pasta including linguini, spaghetti, and penne.

How to Make Olive Garden Three Meat Sauce

This sauce recipe is so easy it takes only 45 minutes to make and needs only 8 ingredients. And all you need is a large pot and skillet to make it.

Here’s what else you need:

Marinara Sauce
Crushed Tomatoes
Onions
Olive Oil
Ground Beef
Italian Sausage
Pepperoni
Italian Seasonings

Olive Garden three meat sauce ingredients

First, saute the onions in olive oil.
When the onions are translucent, add the marinara sauce and the can of chopped tomatoes. Turn down to a simmer.
In a large skillet, combine the ground beef and Italian sausage until completely cooked.

Drain the fat and add the cooked meat into the large pot with the sauce. Stir to combine.

three meat sauce ingredients in a skillet

Add the pepperoni and the Italian seasonings. Stir and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Season with salt & pepper to taste.

Recipe Notes

This makes a very large pot of sauce, if you have a larger family, consider stretching the sauce with an additional jar of marinara, or a can of tomatoes.
Since we are adding so many different spicy meats, wait until all of the meats season the sauce before making any adjustments.
If you have a smaller family, you may want to freeze this sauce and use it later.

a bowl of homemade Olive Garden three meat sauce

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s in the Olive Garden meat sauce?

In the Olive Garden meat sauce they use both ground beef and pork Italian sausage for their spaghetti sauce with meat.

Does the Olive Garden meat sauce have pork?

Yes, it does.

How to reheat Olive Garden Spaghetti with meat sauce?

If you have prepared spaghetti and meat sauce at home, the best option is not to store the sauce and the pasta SEPERATELY. If you can not do this, I recommend heating pasta on the stovetop and add a little water or marinara sauce if you can. Heat the spaghetti very slowly.

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a bowl of three meat sauce and a plate of pasta with the sauce

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