Clare And Carls Michigan Sauce Recipes

MICHIGAN HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together, except meat.
• Add meat raw and mash with a potato masher while the sauce is cooking. It is important to mash the meat while it is raw, to get the consistency right! Michigan sauce, traditionally, is a very thick sauce that doesn't have meat chunks.
• Simmer 2-3 hours, stirring and mashing with the potato masher occasionally.

MICHIGAN HOT DOGS

Steps:

• Combine seasonings with tomato sauce. Mix with ground beef as if you are making meatballs. Put the mixture into the crock pot and cook on low for 2-4 hours. When cooked, the meat will need to be broken up. The sauce is traditionally has no chunks of meat, the meat is broken up to a very fine consistency.
• You may also simmer this on low for 2-3 hours on the stovetop, but I find the crock pot easier.
• Leftovers freeze well.

GRANDMA SLATTERY'S MICHIGAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Saute the onion in butter until soft. Stir in the vinegar, brown sugar, lemon juice, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, tomato sauce, and tomato paste. Stir to blend.
• When the mixture begins to simmer, add the raw ground beef breaking it into pieces with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve over steamed hot dogs. Of course you can add some raw onions if you want.

MICHIGAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix tomato sauce, hot sauce and seasonings in a large saucepan.
• Add raw ground beef and mash with potato masher while cooking.
• Cook on medium heat for 30 minutes until beef is browned, then simmer on low for 2-3 hours.
• (Sauce will be very thick) Serve Michican Sauce over steamed hot dogs in a steamed bun and top with chopped raw onions.