Slow Cook Meat Sauce Food

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.

MEAT-LOVER'S SLOW COOKER SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and Italian sausage until the sausage is browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer the sausage and onions to a slow cooker. In the same skillet, cook and stir the ground beef, Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, and marjoram, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, thyme, basil, oregano, and 2 teaspoons of garlic powder. Set the cooker on Low, and cook the sauce for 8 hours. About 15 minutes before serving, stir in the sugar. Serve hot.

ITALIAN MEAT SAUCE FOR THE SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• On a large skillet heat oil on medium high heat.
• Sauté the garlic and the onion until the garlic is golden brown and the onion is translucent.
• Add the meats to the oil mixture to brown them; drain.
• On a slow cooker, combine the meat mixture and the remaining ingredients and set in on low. Cook for 8-10 hours.
• If you're in a hurry you can follow the first 3 steps and simmer the ingredients on a sauce pan for one hour.

SLOW COOKER MEATBALLS AND SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, using clean hands, combine meatball ingredients (ground pork through 1 tsp black pepper); set aside. In slow cooker crock, whisk together the sauce ingredients (spaghetti sauce through water).
• Form meat mixture into golf ball-sized meatballs and drop them into the sauce (some will stick out of the sauce; that's okay).
• Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. Before serving, stir gently so all meatballs are coated with sauce.

MEAT-LOVER'S SLOW COOKER SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions and sausage, until sausage is browned, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer the sausage and onions to a slow cooker.
• In the same skillet, cook and stir the ground beef, Italian seasoning, 1 t of garlic powder, and marjoram, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer the ground beef into the slow cooker.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, thyme, basil, oregano and 2 t garlic powder.
• Cook on low for about 8 hours.
• About 15 minutes before serving, stir in the sugar.
• Serve hot over pasta.

SLOW COOKER MEAT SAUCE WITH TORTELLINI

Steps:

• If your sausage comes in links, remove it from the casings. Crumble the ground beef and Italian sausage into a large skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until browned. Remove meat to slow cooker, using a slotted spoon, leaving fat in skillet.
• Add onion, green pepper and garlic to skillet and sauté until soft and onion is translucent. Remove vegetables to slow cooker with a slotted spoon. Discard fat remaining in skillet.
• Add the marinara sauce, mushrooms, tomatoes, herbs, and brown sugar to the slow cooker. Cover, and cook on LOW heat for 7 to 8 hours. (It will probably be ready after 4 hours, but you can leave it to sit as long as 8 if need be.).
• Stir in the tortellini, and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top. Cover and cook for 15 more minutes on LOW, or until the tortellini is tender. Serve with grated Parmigiano.