In my family, this dish is a favorite. Even though it looks and sounds terrible, it is actually very palatable and contains some vegetables. It’s healthier for my kids than a cheeseburger, but they don’t know it!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 (28 ounce) cans tomato puree
- 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Place ground beef in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Stir in onion and garlic; cook 1 to 2 minutes.
- In a slow cooker combine ground beef mixture, tomato puree, tomato paste, sugar, Italian seasoning and salt. Cook on low for 4 hours.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 182 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 30 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 922 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Really good recpie! The only thing is you have to keep tasting to add salt italian seasoning! Towards the end it was in need of somthing. I added little bit garlic salt perfect! It makes a lot also. I will just freeze the leftovers.
No need to use the slow-cooker. I make this quick sauce on the range. It is very good. Feel free to add additional spices such as oregano, basil, Italian seasoning. I have used a pound of ground beef and a pound of loose Italian sausage. Makes a nice meat sauce.
PERFECT! the BEST pasta sauce yet…..give the creator a gold star!
I had company coming over for supper but I wasn’t sure what time they would arrive. This sauce worked really well. I cooked it for 4 hours on low. When I put it all together I was a bit concerned that it tasted very tomatoey but after 4 hours it was delicious. I have some leftovers and they will go into the freezer. To make the meal easier I pre-cooked the spaghetti for about 3/4 the time needed and rinsed it in cold water. I kept the water simmering on the stove and kept adding water and then when my guests arrived I turned the pot back up to boil and put the mostly cooked spaghetti in the pot. It only took a couple of minutes to finish cooking and we were eating within a short time of their arrival. I would do this again if I needed a meal like this.
Easy & tasty
uses some more salt and sugar and itlaian seasoning and it was awesome!
Recipe creator indicated they didn’t know exact measurements for spices, so keeping that in mind, I doubled the amount of Italian seasoning, added more garlic, and also added some beef soup base. Seemed to have a strong taste of the tomato paste, almost bitter.
This lacks the robust flavor of Italian sauces. Tasted too much like sauce from a jar with beef added. Definitely needs more spices. It was very easy to make.
This recipe is absolutely fantastic. We’re a small family so I halved it, doubled the garlic and the seasoning, added a couple of small hot sausages and threw a bay leaf into the slow-cooker for good measure; we had delicious leftovers for days
This was very good! I added some extra spices and some broccoli towards the end. This made a great dinner, and even good as left overs the next day. Thanks!
Hmmm, not sure about this one. I had read that I should add dry herbs at the end of slow cooking so I waited til the end of cooking and the sauce was good, but on the bland side. I made a triple batch and have since used the sauce as a base for chili and baked spaghetti where I can add flavourings as needed.
I made this twice and each time I tasted a “burnt” flavor. Not too sure any tomato sauce is meant for the slow cooker.
not so good kind of flat flavored and really tangy…
This just wasn’t for us, I guess. I will stick with jarred.
This is a flexible recipe, and a great way to make spaghetti sauce ahead of time to put in quart baggies to freeze. Loved it. Thanks
I used Italian herb tomato sauce instead of the plain puree. I also added about twice the amount of sugar required. While browning the meat I added the Italian seasoning to it as well as some fresh ground pepper, salt, and a little bit of cayenne. I added about 1/2 teapsoon of chili powder to the sauce as well. It turned out really well and it’s great to freeze the leftovers for a quick meal another day.
Ver nice and thick although I did add a bit more sugar, a chopped green pepper and basil and oregano. The family all liked it and I will definately make it again.
Its better if made a day ahead of time.. yummy
I thought the recipe was great. I added italian sausage and a bay leaf to add some more flavor.
This was really awful. There was no taste. I had to add a lot more seasoning to even give it taste and that still wasn’t enough.
My slow cooker is large and I used 2 lbs of ground beef and added 1 large can of diced tomatoes, just cutting back on the tomato sauce. I also do not have a low setting for 4 hours, but cooked it on high for 4 hours and it was fabulous. What a fantastic way to top of spaghetti.