Meat-Lover's Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

This crockpot spaghetti sauce creates a great, chunky, and very meaty spaghetti sauce. The longer it cooks in your slow cooker, the better it tastes! Boil up some pasta, and dinner tastes like you spent all day at the stove!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 hr
• Total Time: 8 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 264 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon dried marjoram
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon dried basil
• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes
• 2 small onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning
• ¼ teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• ¼ pound bulk Italian sausage

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add Italian sausage and onion; cook and stir until sausage is browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer sausage and onions to a slow cooker.

Step 2

Add ground beef to the same skillet over medium heat; season with Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, and marjoram. Cook and stir until beef is browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Transfer ground beef into the slow cooker.

Step 3

Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, oregano, thyme, and basil. Cover and cook on Low for 8 hours. Stir in sugar 15 minutes before serving.