Break hamburger meat into small pieces. You can use a meat grinder if you have one to make it a very fine consistency.
Place cooked meat into a medium saucepan and add enough hot water to make a thick mixture as it cooks, stirring until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and cook over low heat for 1 hour.
If you need to thin the sauce you may use small amounts of water or beer as the mixture cooks.
Notes
Adding about ¼ cup water to the ground beef while you brown it will help to break it into small pieces.This recipe freezes well.