Crock Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce recipe is an easy homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that you can make for dinner and freeze the leftover spaghetti meat sauce.
This crock pot spaghetti sauce recipe is a good way to get a jump start on another meal for a night when you are short on time.
I love homemade spaghetti sauce. It is so easy to make in a crock pot.
All you do is add all of the homemade spaghetti sauce ingredients to a crock pot and let it cook for hours.
Once the crock pot spaghetti sauce has simmered in a crock pot all day you have a big batch of thick and meaty homemade spaghetti sauce.
See what one of my readers had to say after making this recipe:
Kathryn H. says I will never buy canned/jarred marinara ever again!
This Crock Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce recipe is packed full of flavor from the ground beef and sweet Italian sausage.
Serve this homemade spaghetti meat sauce recipe over your favorite pasta or use it to make lasagna or baked ziti.
No matter how you serve this spaghetti sauce recipe it will be delicious and your family will be raving about how you made the best spaghetti ever.
I like to add a little grated Parmesan cheese to my homemade spaghetti sauce right before serving it.
Or you could just grate the Parmesan cheese over your plate of spaghetti.
Freezer Pasta Sauce
This is my go-to pasta sauce recipe that I make to freeze so I always have homemade spaghetti sauce on hand for all of my favorite pasta recipes.
I also make this crock pot sauce recipe when I am making my freezer meal baked ziti or freezer baked spaghetti.
How To Make Crock Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce
Ingredients
- 9 oz package Sweet Italian Sausage, casings removed
- 1 lb package ground beef
- large onion diced, about 1 ½ cups diced onion
- 1 large sweet green bell pepper, about 1 cup diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- two 28 oz cans crushed tomatoes
- 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- ½ cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Directions
- Brown the ground beef and Italian sausage in a large skillet for 5 minutes. Add the diced onion, diced bell pepper, and minced garlic to the skillet and continue to cook until the meat is cooked through. Drain well.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste to a 7 or 8-quart crock pot. Using a spoon mix the tomato paste into the crushed tomatoes to combine.
- Add the drained ground beef, ground sausage, and vegetables to the crock pot.
- Add the water, Italian seasoning and sugar to the crock pot. Mix until well combined. Secure the lid on the crock pot and
cook on high for 5 to 6 hours or low for 7 or 8 hours. - Makes about 3 quarts. Freezes well.
- Serve with your favorite cooked pasta.
Helpful Tips Crock Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce
Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce is a great ground beef freezer meal. Once the Crock Pot Spaghetti Meat sauce is finished cooking allow it to cool. Once cool fill food-grade containers and freeze them in portion sizes.
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Crock Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 9 oz Sweet Italian Sausage (casings removed)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 large onion diced ((about 1 ½ cups diced onion))
- 1 large green bell pepper ((about 1 cup diced))
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 28 oz. cans crushed tomatoes
- 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- ½ cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef and Italian sausage in a large skillet for 5 minutes.
- Add the diced onion, diced bell pepper, and minced garlic to the skillet and continue to cook until the meat is cooked through. Drain well.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste to a 7 or 8-quart crock pot. Using a spoon mix the tomato paste into the crushed tomatoes to combine.
- Add the drained ground beef, ground sausage, and vegetables to the crock pot.
- Add the water, Italian seasoning and sugar to the crock pot. Mix until well combined. Secure the lid on the crock pot and cook on high for 5 to 6 hours or low for 7 or 8 hours.
- Makes about 3 quarts. Freezes well.
- Serve with your favorite cooked pasta.
Recipe Expert Tips
- Freeze individual containers to use in all your pasta recipes.
Kathryn Heroff
I will never buy canned/jarred marinara ever again!