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Dad's Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

This easy meat sauce comes together effortlessly in the slow cooker and simmered to perfection for a big batch of sauce!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Servings: 24 servings
Course: Main Course
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lbs ground beef or ground turkey
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1-2 green bell pepper chopped (red works well too)
  • 3-4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes optional
  • 1 tsp Italian Seasoning or add basil, oregano, etc.
  • 2 24 oz. Jars of your favorite sauce (& flavors of choice)
  • 1 45 oz. Jar of your favorite sauce or a total of (4) 24 oz. jars

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker

Method
 

  1. In a medium sauté pan cook ground beef and onions until meat is browned and onions are soft and fragrant.
  2. Drain the grease and add to the slow cooker.
  3. Add in the chopped green pepper, minced garlic, red pepper flakes, and Italian Seasoning.
  4. Pour in the jars of sauce, give it a stir, and cover and cook on low for at least 4 hours.

Notes

**Notes: this makes a big batch of sauce. Freeze in containers or ziplock bags in portions for other dishes.
** I used random sauce jars that I has a total of 4 (24 oz. ) Jars works