Crock Pot Pasta Sauce with Sausage

This easy, 5-ingredient Crock Pot Pasta Sauce made pinch chickenhearted aliases turkey sausage is cleanable for engaged weeknights!

Slow Cooker Pasta Sauce pinch Sausage

On those engaged weeknights erstwhile you don’t person clip to cook, utilizing your slow cooker is simply a lifesaver! Turn it connected successful nan morning, past travel location and boil immoderate pasta (I emotion Barilla’s caller macromolecule pasta), roast immoderate spaghetti squash aliases spiralize immoderate veggies and move nan condiment connected top. More easy slow cooker recipes you will emotion are  Chicken Cacciatore, Crock Pot Italian Turkey Meatballs and Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili!

Ingredients

• chicken Italian sausage aliases turkey sausage, casings removed
• extra virgin oliva oil
• fresh garlic, smashed pinch nan broadside of a knife
• can of crushed tomatoes, I committedness by Tuttorosso greenish label
• crushed reddish capsicum flakes aliases caller cracked achromatic pepper, to taste

How To Make Slow Cooker Meat Sauce

1. Brown nan sausage successful a ample skillet complete mean precocious heat, breaking up immoderate ample pieces pinch a woody spoon.
2. When sausage is browned, drain immoderate fat if needed and transportation to nan crock pot.
3. Wipe nan skillet pinch a insubstantial towel and group power to high; erstwhile basking adhd nan oil.
4. Add ail and navigator until aureate but do not burn; adhd tomatoes and ail to crock cookware on pinch caller cracked pepper. Cover and navigator connected debased for 6-8 hours.
5. If you wish, return an immersion blender and blend nan condiment a 2-3 seconds to break nan sausage up into smaller pieces to harvester pinch nan sauce.
6. Serve complete your favourite pasta aliases veggie noodles!

The champion extremity I tin springiness you erstwhile you make this is to usage bully value chickenhearted aliases turkey Italian sausage and a tin of Tuttorosso crushed tomatoes greenish label. I’m very marque loyal to Tuttorosso if I americium utilizing crushed tomatoes because I deliberation it makes nan champion tasting sauce. Other brands thin to beryllium excessively acidic, and I person to support adding things to expert up nan taste, but ne'er pinch Tuttorosso. Of course, you whitethorn person a favourite marque of crushed tomatoes you are loyal to, if truthful consciousness free to usage that instead.

Variations

I kept this really elemental since sausage has plentifulness of flavor, but you could adhd much worldly to this condiment if you wish, immoderate roasted reddish capsicum would beryllium wonderful, immoderate crushed reddish capsicum if you want much power aliases immoderate caller herbs for illustration basil correct earlier serving would beryllium awesome too.

How To Serve

Serve this complete your favourite pasta aliases moreover complete spaghetti squash pinch a dollop of ricotta food for a complete meal. Enjoy!

Which is nan champion slow cooker to buy?

I emotion my slow cooker and person been utilizing this 6 Quart Hamilton Beach Set ‘n Forget Programmable Slow Cooker for years. I emotion it because you tin set nan clip you want it to cook, and it automatically turns to lukewarm erstwhile it’s done. It besides has a probe for nutrient that automatically shuts disconnected erstwhile done. I hated my aged crock pot, it burnt everything and my nutrient had a weird taste. This slow cooker is truthful great, I really ain several!

More Slow Cooker Recipes

• Crock Pot Bolognese
• Slow Cooker Beef Ragu
• Madison’s Slow Cooker Beef Tacos
• Quick Beef Chili
• Slow Cooker Picadillo