Slow Cooker Pasta Sauce
This recipe for hearty and flavorful slow cooker pasta sauce takes just three steps, and is the perfect comfort food topping to all kinds of pasta!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours, 10 minutes
- Total Time: 8 hours 25 minutes
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop and Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 14 oz cans chopped tomatoes, drained
- 2 15 oz cans tomato sauce
- 2 6 oz cans tomato paste
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Cook beef in large skillet until browned.
- Drain and transfer to 5 quart slow cooker. Stir in all remaining ingredients, mix well.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
- Serve over your favorite pasta. Happy sigh.
Notes
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- Ground Beef: We usually use 80/20% fat content ground beef for this recipe, however you can swap in ground turkey if you prefer.
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- Sugar: The sugar is in here to mellow the acidic flavor of the tomatoes. You can cut it in half if you want to – your pasta sauce will have a little sharper flavor but will still be delicious.
- Onion: We recommend a sweet onion for this recipe, but regular white and yellow onions work well too.