Crock-Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
This rich and well-flavored spaghetti sauce can be made with ground turkey, ground pork sausage, or ground chicken if you’d like.
Ingredients
- Âľ pound 80% lean ground beef
- 1 onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 carrot coarsely grated
- 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- ÂĽ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
- ½ cup Beef Stock
- 1 26-ounce jar pasta sauce
- 1 16-ounce package spaghetti pasta
- cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In large saucepan, brown ground beef with onion and garlic until beef is cooked, stirring to break up meat.
- Drain well and pour into a 3–4-quart slow cooker.
- Add carrot, basil, red pepper flakes, Stock, and pasta sauce.
- Cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours, until sauce is bubbling and vegetables are tender.
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain, and serve with spaghetti sauce and meatballs.
- Top with Parmesan cheese.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Spaghetti Sauce
Packaged spaghetti sauce varies wildly in price, depending onyour priorities. Canned sauce is cheaper than bottled, and you
can find the sauce with meat, without, in organic forms, with and
without cheese, and full of vegetables. Look for whatever is
important to you.
Nutritional Information
Calories: 539.73 kcal | Protein: 24.03 g | Fat: 15.53 g
