This easy Gnocchi with Meat sauce is a stove-top dinner that brings together potato gnocchi with a hearty meat sauce for a dinner recipe that the whole family will love.
If you love a good meat sauce, you also need to try this Easy Spaghetti Meat Sauce.
I love to share recipes with you all that are easy and are made from pantry staples. This is one of those recipes that I always remember on crazy busy days, because it’s an easy meal that doesn’t require much thought. Or planning.
We are huge gnocchi fans. It’s easy, it’s fast, and the whole family loves it. Ok, if you were making your gnocchi from scratch, it may not be easy and fast, but we take the shortcut and use packaged gnocchi. 🙂
This Gnocchi with Meat Sauce is so easy, and if your kids like spaghetti and meat sauce like mine do, they will also love this change. An easy meat sauce is made from ground beef, onions, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and lots of spices. The sauce cooks down a bit on the stovetop, and then you add in some boiled gnocchi. Finish it off with some fresh basil, and you’re good to go.
It’s so simple, yet so delicious. And it’s perfect now that the weather has cooled down, as a big bowl of this Gnocchi with Meat Sauce is definitely comfort food!!
Ingredients
- Ground Beef: I like to use a leaner ground beef so that I don’t have to drain the fat.
- Onions & Garlic: These are both for flavor.
- Tomatoes: You will need both tomato sauce and diced tomatoes. The tomato sauce is just plain tomato sauce – nothing added.
- Spices: You will spice this up with sugar, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper. Feel free to change things up and add in other spices you might love!
- Gnocchi: I just buy the dry, package gnocchi that is available in the pasta section of the grocery store.
- For Serving: I like to add parmesan and basil for extra flavor before serving.
How to Make Gnocchi with Meat Sauce
- Cook your ground beef in a skillet with the onion and garlic, breaking the meat up as it cooks.
- Once the beef is cooked through, add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, as well as all of the seasonings. Let this simmer for about 20 minutes.
- While the sauce is simmering, boil your gnocchi.
- Add the cooked gnocchi to the meat sauce, then stir to coat and serve!
More Gnocchi Favs
Baked Gnocchi with Ricotta
Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
Creamy Slow Cooker Tomato Soup with Gnocchi
Gnocchi with Pesto, Shrimp and Asparagus
Baked Gnocchi with Ricotta
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Gnocchi with Meat Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 1/2 cups diced onion
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced or grated
- 24 oz no salt added tomato sauce (3 8-oz cans)
- 14.5 oz no salt added diced tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 lb gnocchi
- freshly grated parmesan cheese, for serving
- shredded basil, for serving
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef, onion and garlic and cook until the beef is cooked through, breaking up the beef as it cooks.
- Add in the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, sugar, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the gnocchi and cook until the gnocchi rises to the surface of the water. Remove with a slotted spoon.
- Add the cooked gnocchi to the meat sauce and stir to combine. Serve topped with freshly grated parmesan cheese and shredded basil, if desired.
Allie says
I just got supplies to make this. Unfortunately my health issues are acting up tonight so I will be making this tomorrow. I only just tried gnocchi for the first time last month. It was awesome. This recipe was exactly what I was looking for.
Tarryn Marcus says
Added wine to the recipe and fresh herbs. So good!