Thick & Meaty Spaghetti Sauce

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