Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce with Meat

Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce is an easy recipe that the entire family will enjoy. The pasta sauce with ground beef is hearty enough to simply serve over pasta and dinner is done.

The Crock Pot meat sauce is great the first day, but leftovers are even better. It freezes well and makes a great lasagna too!

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Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

In the heat of summer, standing over a sauce pot and heating my kitchen up is not my idea of a good time.  Homemade meat sauce is so much tastier than jarred though, and giving the sauce time for the flavors to meld over the heat is important.  This is why having an easy Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce recipe on hand is very helpful this time of year.  Your family can enjoy a nice hearty meat sauce on their pasta for dinner, without heating up the kitchen.

How to Make Crockpot Spaghetti Meat Sauce

Here is a quick visual walk-through of how to make the slow cooker Spaghetti Sauce Recipe.  The full recipe is below.

First the ground beef, sausage, onions and garlic are browned in a skillet & well drained.

Chop up the peppers while the meat is browning.

Put everything for the spaghetti sauce in the crockpot to simmer.

Enjoy the  homemade spaghetti sauce over your favorite pasta with a generous sprinkle of Parmesan cheese for dinner.

Looking for other easy family friendly slow cooker recipes? Try my Crockpot Meatloaf, Crock Pot Corn Casserole, Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo Recipe or Chicken Bolognese.

Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

Easy slow cooker spaghetti sauce recipe, not quite a traditional Bolognese sauce, but just as tasty and satisfying. So easy in the crock pot too!

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Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: meat sauce, slow cooker pasta sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 6 hours hours

Total Time: 6 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 270kcal

Author: Mom Foodie Contributor

Ingredients

• 1 lb Ground Beef or ground turkey
• 1 lb Italian Sausage
• 1 cup minced Onion
• 1 tablespoon minced Garlic
• 8 oz Mini Sweet Peppers stems and seeds removed
• 45 oz Diced or crushed Tomatoes drained
• 24 oz Tomato Sauce
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 1 teaspoon Oregano
• 2 teaspoon Basil
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• pinch crushed red pepper flakes optional

Instructions

• Heat a large skillet to medium-high. Crumble and brown ground beef and sausage, along with onion and garlic, then drain excess fat.
• Place browned meat mixture into slow cooker.
• Add remaining ingredients to the crock pot.
• Cover and simmer on low for 8 hours or cook high for 4 hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 752mg | Potassium: 644mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 960IU | Vitamin C: 39.9mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 2.9mg