Spaghetti Sauce from the Slow Cooker

  4.5 – 6 reviews  • Tomato

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Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 6 hrs 5 mins
Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 ½ pounds ground beef
  2. 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  3. ½ cup chopped onion
  4. 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  5. 1 tablespoon white sugar
  6. 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
  7. 1 clove garlic, minced
  8. 1 teaspoon salt
  9. 1 teaspoon oregano
  10. ½ teaspoon anise seed
  11. 1 bay leaf

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
  2. Stir beef, diced tomatoes, onion, tomato paste, sugar, Parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, oregano, anise seed, and bay leaf together in a slow cooker.
  3. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 262 kcal
Carbohydrate 11 g
Cholesterol 72 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 22 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 797 mg
Sugars 8 g
Fat 14 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Heather Higgins
This sauce is okay; nothing extraordinary about it. I did forget to put the tablespoon of sugar, so that’s possibly why! LOL
Michael Williams
This is delicious, and just so easy. Even easier if you use a jar of spaghetti sauce and extras if you want. Making it in the slow cooker makes it turn out rather like a ragu, and you don’t have to have the oven on for hours. Thanks for the recipe.
Daniel Hale
This recipe has AWESOME flavor. I loved the anise. (I added a bit of plain tomato sauce just because I didn’t want it so thick, but that was just a personal preference.) SO GOOD! Thank you for sharing! =)
Eric Mcclure
This is not as spicy as I would prefer but very much to my husbands taste. Hearty and filling. Would make it again for sure.
Michele White
This is a very flavorful recipe. Easy to make, I had everything on hand, in fact I doubled the recipe so I would have some to freeze. I choose to make this meatless. Which is a nice option. This is a thick sauce. I prefer a little smoother texture so I might add a little red wine to thin it out. Will definitely make this again.
Tammy Adkins
We really enjoyed this recipe. It has a different flavour as described but it is traditional enough to please a family of Italians. I’m not a fan of anise flavour but it works here. The shining aspect of this sauce is the consistency. The ratios and type of ingredients produce a thick sauce perfect for clinging to pasta or to use in lasagne or other recipes because it doesn’t drip. This is definitely a keeper recipe.

 

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