Serves 4.
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, minced
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
salt
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 pound 85% lean ground beef
1 (15-oz) can tomato sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup water (may need more to adjust consistency)
1 tablespoon brown sugar
Tabasco sauce, optional
4 hamburger buns
pickles, optional
Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion, chili powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until onion is softened, about 5 minute. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Add beef and cook, breaking up meat with wooden spoon, until almost cooked through, but still slightly pink, about 3 minutes.
Stir in tomato sauce, ketchup, water, brown sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco. Simmer until sauce is slightly thicker than ketchup, 8 to 10 minutes.
Season with salt and Tabasco to taste. Spoon meat mixture onto hamburger buns and serve.
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