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Slow Cooker Meat Sauce

This slow cooker meat sauce is rich, cozy, and ridiculously easy—like Sunday dinner with zero stress.Let it simmer all day while you do literally anything else, then serve over pasta and watch everyone lose their minds.
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This Slow Cooker Meat Sauce
Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:3 hours
Total Time:3 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp avocado oil
  • 1/2 yellow onion finely diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 can 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp beef bouillon
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • Salt + Pepper to taste
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 pound spaghetti

Instructions

  • In a large skillet, heat the avocado oil over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until the onion is soft and translucent, add garlic and cook for another minute.
  • Add the ground beef and cook until browned, breaking it up as you go.
  • Transfer the beef mixture to your slow cooker.
  • Add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, a bay leaf, brown sugar, water, and bouillon. Stir it all together.
  • Cover and cook on low for 6–8 hours or high for 3–4 hours.
  • About 20 minutes before you’re ready to eat, boil your pasta.
  • Toss the bay leaf, then serve the sauce over the pasta with a shower of grated Parmesan on top.
Servings: 4