Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

Category: Beef

Ingredients and Directions

4 tablespoon cooking oil

1 each onion, finely chopped

15 1/2 oz. tomato sauce

1 1/2 cup water

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon red pepper (optional)

1 pound ground beef

29 oz tomato puree, can

6 oz tomato paste, can

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon oregano

2 pound sausage (italian links or country style)

Brown ground beef in 2 tablespoon hot oil in frying pan. When almost browned, add onion and continue browning until onion is tender. Pour meat and onion into 3 1/2 quart crockpot. Add puree, sauce, paste, water, salt, pepper and oregano and set dial on low setting. Cut 2 lbs. sausage into pieces and brown in remaining 2 tablespoons oil. When brown, place sausages in sauce in crockpot. Continue cooking for 12 hours. (If you like your sauce sweeter, you could add 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar to this.)