Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

ItalianChickenAdvanced480 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 4 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 sm. onion, finely chopped
  • 1 can tomato sauce, 15 1/2 oz.
  • 1 0.5 cup water
  • 0.5 tsp pepper
  • 0.5 tsp red pepper, optional
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 can tomato puree, 29 oz.
  • 1 can tomato paste, 6 oz.
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp oregano
  • 2 lb sausage (Italian links or

Instructions

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    country style)

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    Brown ground beef in 2 tablespoon hot oil in frying pan. When almost browned,

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    add onion and continue browning until onion is tender. Pour meat and onion into

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    3 1/2 quart crockpot. Add puree, sauce, paste, water, salt, pepper and oregano

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    and set dial on low setting. Cut 2 lbs. sausage into pieces and brown in

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    remaining 2 tablespoons oil. When brown, place sausages in sauce in crockpot.

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    Continue cooking for 12 hours. (If you like your sauce sweeter, you could add

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    1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar to this.)

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Tags

crockpot