Simple & Exquisite Meat Sauce with Plenty of Vegetables

• 1 Olive oil
• 2 cm or 1 clove Garlic (optional)
• 2 Chili peppers (optional)
• 1 Onion (finely chopped)
• 1 small-1/2 large Carrot (finely chopped)
• 300 grams Ground meat
• 1 or more Green bell peppers (finely chopped)
• 1 or more Shiitake mushroom (minced)
• 1 can Canned tomato
• 5 tbsp Ketchup
• 1 bouillon cube Consomme soup stock (or chicken soup stock granules)
• 1 tbsp Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce
• 1 tsp Oyster sauce
• 2 tsp Sugar
• 1 Bay leaf (optional)
• 20 grams Butter (optional)
• 1 Salt
• 1 Pepper (optional)

1. Cook the garlic and chili pepper in olive oil.
2. Once the garlic becomes aromatic, add the onion and carrot and cook.
3. Once the onions brown; add the bell pepper, shiitake mushroom, and ground meat and cook.
4. Once the meat has slightly browned, add all of the ingredients and simmer slowly over low heat.
5. Once it starts to bubble, add the butter.
6. Season with salt and pepper as desired.
7. If you added a chili pepper and bay leaf, remove them and it's complete!
8. I rarely ever use them!
9. It's plenty delicious without it.
10. Note: I add a teaspoon of sugar.
11. If you taste it and feel it's too acidic, then add 2 teaspoons of sugar.
12. Butter gives a nice richness.

olive oil, clove garlic, chili peppers, onion, carrot, ground meat, green bell peppers, shiitake mushroom, tomato, ketchup, bouillon, sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, bay leaf, butter, salt, pepper

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/172231-simple-exquisite-meat-sauce-with-plenty-of-vegetables (may not work)