slow cooker spaghetti sauce

Name: Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 pound(s) ground beef; 1 cup(s) onion (chopped fine); 1/2 teaspoon(s) minced garlic; 1 package(s) italian dressing mix; 1/8 teaspoon(s) red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon(s) dried italian herbs; 2 teaspoon(s) white sugar; 16 ounce(s) thin spaghetti; 32 ounce(s) prepared spaghetti sauce; 1 can(s) tomato sauce (12 ounces)

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Sara Brown

Houston, TX

Updated on Feb 8, 2013

Some of us a very particular about our spaghetti and how it's made. While this may not be an authentic way of making sauce, it is super tasty! Kid and Husband approved. You'll see that I add the spaghetti noodles to the sauce an hour before serving and allow the noodles to absorb some sauce. This makes the spaghetti super tender and brings the dish together. Yum!

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 5 Hr

method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

yield 6-8 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 pounds ground beef
1 cup onion (chopped fine)
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 package italian dressing mix
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried italian herbs
2 teaspoons white sugar
16 ounces thin spaghetti
32 ounces prepared spaghetti sauce
1 can tomato sauce (12 ounces)

How To Make slow cooker spaghetti sauce

Step 1

Finely dice one small onion. Sweat the onion along with the minced garlic in some olive oil on Medium heat. Be careful that the onion and garlic do not brown but just soften.

Step 2

After softening the onion and garlic add the ground beef. Cook beef until no longer pink. While cooking, add salt and pepper, italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes. Drain beef.
Step 3

Set the slow cooker to High. Add all ingredients to the crock pot along with the beef. Allow the sauce to cook on High for 4 hours, stirring occasionally.
Step 4

One hour before you're ready to serve, cook the Thin Spaghetti Noodles. Only cook the noodles for about 5 minutes. Noodles will be slightly undercookes. Set the Slow cooker on Keep Warm or turn Off.
Step 5

Before you drain the noodles, reserve 1 cup of pasta water. Drain the undercooked noodles. Add the noodles and pasta water to the sauce in the slow cooker. Stir together and let stand on Keep Warm or Off for 1 hour. Noodles will finish cooking in the sauce until tender.
Step 6

Serve with a green salad and garlic bread.
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