Slow Cooker Red Pasta Sauce Recipes

SLOW-COOKED SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add the next 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until heated through. Discard bay leaf. Serve with spaghetti.

SLOW-COOKER MEATY ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In 12-inch skillet, cook sausage, onions, mushrooms and garlic over medium heat about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain.
• Spoon sausage mixture into cooker.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours.

SPLENDICIOUS SLOW COOKER SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, 1 cup of red wine, green olives, 4 teaspoons of sea salt, basil, oregano, paprika, and cayenne pepper in a slow cooker. Set the cooker to Low.
• While the cooker is warming up, place 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook 3/4 cup of sweet onion until the onion just begins to soften, about 2 minutes; stir in 1 clove of garlic. Cook the mixture for 3 more minutes before mixing in parsley and mushrooms. Reduce heat, and simmer the mixture for about 10 minutes. Stir in the brown sugar, and mix to dissolve.
• While the parsley and mushrooms are simmering, heat 3 more tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and stir in the remaining onion and the sausage. Brown the sausage, breaking the meat up into crumbles as it cooks, about 10 minutes; season the mixture with white pepper and cumin. Pour 1 cup of red into the skillet, and scrape the pan with a wooden spoon to dissolve any brown flavor bits into the wine. Simmer for about 10 minutes; pour the sausage mixture into the skillet with the parsley and mushrooms. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat just until all the ingredients have had time to introduce themselves to each other, about 10 minutes. Pour the sausage mixture into the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 8 hours to overnight. Add more red wine or water if needed to prevent the sauce from getting too thick and burning on the bottom.

SLOW COOKER SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Dice the onion and mince the garlic. Place both in a 3 quart or larger slow cooker.
• Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, oregano, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, and butter to the slow cooker. Stir everything together well.
• Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on high for four hours or low for eight hours.
• After cooking, give it a good stir, then add salt to taste. Start with just ½ tsp of salt and add more if needed (I added 1 tsp). Use the sauce immediately, refrigerate, or freeze for later.

SLOW COOKER SPAGHETTI SAUCE I

Steps:

• In a large slow cooker combine tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic, onion, rosemary, oregano, thyme, parsley, bay leaf and red pepper. Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours, stir frequently.

LISA'S SLOW COOKER SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute onion in olive oil, add garlic during last 3 minutes of cooking, then add onion and garlic to slow cooker. Brown beef, drain fat, and add with remaining ingredients to slow cooker. Cook on high for approx 4 hours in slow cooker or for 8 hours on medium. Taste halfway through cooking and adjust spices as desired.

SLOW COOKER RED PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• 1.Add tomatoes (crush them by hand if you have whole tomatoes), salt, pepper, chicken broth, tomato paste, red pepper flakes(or peperoncino flakes), sugar, red wine and half the dried parsley and dried basil (crush the spices by hand or using a mortor & pestle to release the natural oils) to slow cooker. Turn on low temperature for at least 2 hours (the longer it cooks, the better the flavor). 2.Meanwhile, over a medium-high heat, add oil to a pan and cook onions until lightly browned (about 10 minutes). About 1 minute before the onions are done, add the garlic (if you add it at the beginning, it will burn). 3.Add onion/garlic mixture to slow cooker. 4.Cook for at least 2 hours (again, the longer you cook it, the better the flavor. 5.About 30 minutes before done, add the other half of the crushed spices. 6.About 5 minutes before done, add the fresh basil. 7.The sauce refrigerates well and tastes even better when re-heated!