Slow Cooker Meaty Italian Spaghetti Sauce

Prep Time

Minutes

Total Time

8:15

Hrs:Mins

Makes

servings

(84 ratings)

Member Reviews (53)

Here's a crowd-pleasin' sauce everyone will love!

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2	lb bulk Italian pork sausage or ground beef
2	large onions, chopped (2 cups)
2	cups sliced fresh mushrooms (6 oz)
3	cloves garlic, finely chopped
1	can (28 oz) Muir Glen® organic diced tomatoes, undrained
2	cans (15 oz each) tomato sauce
1	can (6 oz) tomato paste
1	tablespoon dried basil leaves
1	teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1	tablespoon sugar
1/2	teaspoon salt
1/2	teaspoon pepper
1/2	teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In 12-inch skillet, cook sausage, onions, mushrooms and garlic over medium heat about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain.
Spoon sausage mixture into cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours.

Do-Ahead Tip

Ladle this versatile sauce into refrigerator or freezer containers; cover and refrigerate up to 4 days or freeze up to 4 months. To thaw frozen spaghetti sauce, place container in the refrigerator about 8 hours.

Serve With

Serve with penne pasta, Caeser salad and Italian bread.

Special Touch

Stir about 1/4 cup of chopped fresh parsley into the sauce during the last 5 minutes of cooking.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)

Calories 90

(Calories from Fat 45),

Total Fat 5g

(Saturated Fat 1 1/2g,
Trans Fat 0g),

Cholesterol 15mg;
Sodium 450mg;
Total Carbohydrate 7g

(Dietary Fiber 1g,
Sugars 4g),

Protein 4g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 10%;
Vitamin C 8%;
Calcium 0%;
Iron 4%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch;
0 Fruit;
0 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
1 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
1/2 High-Fat Meat;
0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1/2;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Reviews & Comments

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Reviewed by: Ruby79 Date Posted: 8/18/2010 4:36:51 PM Rating:

Comments:
I tried this a while ago.It wasn't fantastic but it was a decent recipe.I used all ground beef and that may have been my mistake b/c you get so much more flavor if you throw some italian sausage into the mix but I was trying to cut down on the salt intake. If I tried this again, I would use half italian sausage and half ground beef.Now, I'm off to look at the 10 other slow cooker spaghetti sauce recipes!

Reviewed by: yoabi Date Posted: 6/11/2010 10:02:32 PM Rating:

Comments:
I love this recipe. All my family loved it. I will make it again.

Reviewed by: COS80918 Date Posted: 1/12/2010 11:11:06 AM Rating:

Comments:
Fantastic with the lean ground beef. I cook my chopped onions separately, then stir in the garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds to one minute. Then I stir the onion mixture into the cooked hamburger and mushrooms. I also add a little more salt to taste than called for in the recipe.

Reviewed by: blcstutz Date Posted: 12/13/2009 11:44:51 AM Rating:

Comments:
Quick way to make delicious home made quality spaghetti sauce from scratch. I even browned the 1/2 sausage 1/2 lean ground beef meat mixture in my crock pot and added everything else once cooked and tasted wonderful!! everyone in the family loved it. Was compared to my Mother-in-laws home made sauce recipe that was canned. I also added 2 cans of water to thin out the sauce. This recipe is a definite keeper.

Reviewed by: Greenjeans1000 Date Posted: 9/8/2009 1:06:34 PM Rating:

Comments:
I made gallons of this recipe for a dinner at church! I got rave reviews and everyone thought it was wonderful. I didn't have to make any changes to the recipe at all. This goes down in my book as a classic!

Reviewed by: Midwest Jo Date Posted: 6/1/2009 11:53:00 AM Rating:

Comments:
Absolutely delicious!

Reviewed by: You can call me MOM Date Posted: 5/20/2009 5:10:54 PM Rating:

Comments:
This recipe is fantastic! My kids ask for it all the time. I love how it makes the whole place smell like an italian restaurant. Only change I made is that I use an herb blend from my local year around farmer's market (Pike Place in Seattle), either Italian Blend or Spagetti Blend (depending on what I have on hand), in place of just Basil and Oregano.

Reviewed by: 4JaneE2 Date Posted: 5/2/2009 2:15:25 PM Rating:

Comments:
This recipe is AWESOME!!! I don't have to make any changes. It's Perfect. My hat is off to Betty C.!

Reviewed by: millesa Date Posted: 3/23/2009 12:12:52 PM Rating:

Comments:
I love this recipe and use it all the time. I even cheat and don't do the slow cooker method: it is still good if you mix it up and simmer for 45 minutes or so. I use half the meat and use that lean Italian-style ground turkey. I always freeze half so I have some on hand for busy days.

Reviewed by: EXCELLENT!!!! Date Posted: 3/9/2009 8:25:20 PM Rating:

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I gave up making homemade sauce years ago, never turned out good but tried this one two weeks ago and my family absolutely LOVED IT!! I will be making this from now. I also used half ground beef and half sweet italian sausage and left out the mushrooms. It was the best sauce I have ever had.

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