Rochester Eats: Don and Bob's Hot Sauce Recipe!

(Also known as Meat Sauce)

Today’s recipe is especially for my Rochester friends and those that enjoy a good hot or hamburger meat sauce.

Anyone from Rochester knows that Don and Bob’s have the best hot sauce. It’s not a standard topping that most of the world sees as hot sauce so let’s also call it hot and hamburger meat sauce.

Here is the article recently published by Don and Bob’s giving the recipe.

Don and Bob's is an old school burger joint with a long history behind it, now known as Don's Original! Today with Rochester Eats, we're sharing this recipe for Don and Bob's Hot sauce! A simple recipe with few instructions and maximum taste 

 Rochester Eats: Don and Bob's Hot Sauce Recipe!

Ingredients

1/3 cup green peppers, chopped small (bite-size) 

1/3 cup onion, chopped small (bite-size)

1 pound ground beef (hamburger) ***

1 quart warm or room temperature water

15 ounces tomato sauce or 3 cans tomato paste

1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon chili power*

1 tablespoon cayenne pepper (aka red pepper) 

1 tablespoon paprika

1 tablespoon allspice

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1 teaspoon onion salt**

1.    If you're not a big fan of spice, you can sub out the TBSP of chili powder with a teaspoon; it won't have as much kick! 

2.   Here we like to add 1 teaspoon of granulated onion rather than onion salt. 

3.   Buying a fatter ground beef will give off a little more flavor, but you won't be missing out if you go lean! They're both good! 

How you'll make it: 

1.    Sautéed your vegetables in oil and throw them in a medium to large size pot.

2.   Using the same pan, brown your hamburger. *      

combine all other ingredients into a sauce-pot and let simmer for 2 hours!

3.   *The reason we say to use the same pan is to ensure maximum flavor by allowing the hamburger to soak up the flavor! It’s optional, but we like it! 

If you have a slow cooker or crock pot:

1. Sautee veggies in oil and add them to slow cooker

2. Brown hamburger in same pan and add to slow cooker 

3. Combine all other ingredients and throw them in the slow cooker/Crock pot and let simmer for 2 hrs!