Thick & Meaty Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by tree luee dee

"As everyone knows by now, most of my recipes come from a "Taste of Home" recipe magazine. This is by far our favorite spaghetti sauce. It is so thick and meaty that sometimes my boys just pour it over a piece of garlic bread and eat it like that!"

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb ground bulk Italian sausage
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 8 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes, drained
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons Italian spices
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 2 teaspoons dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper

directions

1. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook beef and sausage until no longer pink; drain.
2. Transfer to a 5 quart slow cooker.
3. Stir in green pepper, onion, garlic, tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar and seasonings; mix well.
4. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until bubbly.
5. Serve over spaghetti.

Reviews

[Southern Transplant]

Good spaghetti sauce--definitely thick and meaty! I made it exactly as the recipe directed. As a personal preference, I think I would leave out the marjoram next time. Thanks, tree luee dee!

 

[kiwidutch]

Wonderful ! This was easy to put together in the crockpot and I put mine on for 8 hours, delish ! I cut the recipe down and still used 2 cans of tomatoes because my mix looked too thick, I forgot that the crockpot doesn't loose much liquid, so mine turned out a bit too sloppy, *not* the fault of the recipe, and since DH served this over spagetti, it was perfect and he really enjoyed it. I used red peppers instead of green (simply becuase we like the red ones better) and the only question I would have is... once the sausages have been browned do you put them whole into the crockpot or slice them up? I kept mine whole. Please see my rating system: 5 stars for great taste, easy to make, and DH loved it! Thanks! Edited to add that I am unused to the word "ground" so missed that part with the sausages... now that I know that I need minced sausages I will adjust next time and re-photograph. Thanks for the info. to clarify, tree luee dee ! Update: I made this again, and used minced sausage meat this time, and the green peppers, but still only 2 cans of tomatoes, as it didn't seem to need more. A thick great tasting spagetti sauce, Thanks!