Bigfatmommas Slow Cooked Meat Sauce Recipes

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.

BIGFATMOMMA'S SLOW-COOKED MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute tomato, mushrooms, garlic, onion in the butter, olive oil and molasses, until soft.
• Place this mixture into a crockpot.
• Brown the beef in a non-stick pan until no longer pink, and drain.
• Pour on top of onion mixture in crockpot.
• Pour tomato sauce into crockpot.
• Add spices, bay leaves and cheese, and stir to mix evenly.
• Slow-cook on low for 2-3 hours, stirring twice, or alternately, cook over very low heat on stovetop, stirring occasionally so that the cheese doesn't burn.
• Serve over thick pasta.

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.