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Spaghetti With Meat Sauce Recipe (In Crock pot)

Julia | The Yummy Bowl
This spaghetti with meat sauce is a great way to satisfy the whole family during busy weeknights. It's the ultimate comfort food consisting of homemade spaghetti sauce served over your favorite noodles that can be enjoyed with crusty Italian bread or a simple side salad. 
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 portions
Calories 213 kcal

INGREDIENTS
  

  • 2 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • ¾ cup brown onion, diced
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 pound spaghetti, wheat or gluten free
  • ¾ cup beef broth
  • 1 can (15 oz) passata, or tomato puree or crushed tomatoes
  • 1 medium carrot, about 1 cup diced
  • 1-2 medium celery sticks, sliced
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 ½ tablespoons dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoon honey or more, depending on what tomatoes is used, taste the sauce towards the end and add more if needed
  • salt and black pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS
 

  • In a medium skillet, brown the beef over medium-high heat. Season with salt and black pepper.
  • Spray a 4-quart slow cooker/crock pot (you can use a larger too) with cooking oil and place beef and all the sauce ingredients into the cooker.
  • Cook 3-4 hours on HIGH or LOW for 6 hours. Check for seasonings and adjust if necessary. Discard the bay leaves.
  • 15 minutes before the end, cook the dry pasta in a pot. Serve the spaghetti with the bolognese sauce for a hearty meal.

NOTES

  • Vegetables - Diced brown or yellow onion, medium-diced carrot, and sliced celery sticks. You could also include other vegetables in this meat sauce such as bell peppers.
  • Lean ground beef - or ground turkey or Italian sausage. You could also experiment with frozen meatballs.
  • Beef broth - Chicken broth can be used.
  • Can of passata - tomato puree or fire-roasted tomatoes
  • Tomato paste - of good quality. All tomato products that you’ll be using here should be of good quality as this is the base for this sauce and what creates the best flavor.
  • Worcestershire sauce - If you are gluten-free sensitive, make sure that you are using certified gluten-free Worcestershire sauce. If you don’t have it you can mix together some ingredients to have a similar flavor. Read more in the blog post.
  • The sauce is pretty ''meaty'', if you like to have more runny sauce add 1 cup of tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce or similar.
  • Spaghetti - usually for one serving we make 1 ½ cups of cooked pasta per person. The pasta amount will depend on how you like your bolognese, thick or with more runny sauce. Typically, we serve a plate with cooked noodles and on top a couple of spoonfuls of the sauce, garnished with parsley. Each person then eats it as he likes by mixing the sauce and spaghetti together.

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NUTRITION

Calories: 213kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 15gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 286mgPotassium: 458mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 2036IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 3mg
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