How About Homemade Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce?
I know using canned ready made tomato sauce is so convenient when coming back from work…
But it’s so easy to make your own sauce in a few minutes… a sauce that will be ten times better than the one from the supermarkets…
Or… even better, prepare it before leaving in the morning and let it cook slowly during the day… getting all the aromas into the sauce, slowly… for amazing flavors…
Yes, the slow cooker is definitely your friend, and this recipe is a slightly different one than the “How to Make Spaghetti Sauce in Slow Cooker” we posted some time ago.
Try them both and choose your favorite. Or even come up with you own 🙂
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Okay, pictures made you hungry, now time for the step by step process and ingredients:
Mmmm... A Delicious Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound Italian sausage casings removed
- 1 onion minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 14.5-ounce cans diced tomatoes, drained
- 2 15-ounce cans tomato sauce
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Add ground beef, sausage, onion and garlic.
- Cook until browned, about 4-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef and sausage as it cooks drain excess fat.
- Place ground beef mixture into a slow cooker.
- Stir in diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, bay leaves, oregano, basil, salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and cook on LOW heat for 8 hours.
- Stir well and serve immediately.
Notes
It really requires little work and the taste is so much better than the ready made sauce.
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