How do you make spaghetti sauce thicker?

This sauce becomes so thick and hearty by using an immersion blender to blend it to your desired thickness. Then it cooks a little longer to deepen all those wonderful flavors!

How to deepen the flavor of easy homemade spaghetti sauce?

This sauce is so rich and flavorful because it has slow-cooked meats, a ton of earthy vegetables, and savory herbs, and cooking it all day in the slow cooker helps those flavors to really meld together.

Can you put balsamic vinegar in spaghetti sauce?

Some spaghetti sauce recipes might call for this, but I prefer not to put it in the sauce recipe. Of course, it could always be used as a condiment when serving for an extra kick.

What is the difference between a spaghetti sauce recipe and Bolognese?

Spaghetti sauce is usually a simpler tomato-based sauce with minimal or no meat, while Bolognese sauce spaghetti usually includes meat and extra vegetables, as well as often a bit of milk or cream. This spaghetti sauce recipe is the best of both worlds!

Meaty Spaghetti Sauce Recipe | Best Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

Name: Meaty Spaghetti Sauce
Prep time: 00:15
Cook time: 10:00
Total time: 10:15
Yield: 5 quarts
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ground spicy pork sausage; ground beef; par cooked or cooked black beans; bell peppers; garlic; carrots; celery; salt; pepper; dried Italian seasoning; dried oregano; dried basil; dried parsley; dried sage; dried thyme; tomato sauce

Meaty Spaghetti Sauce

Recipe for thick & meaty Italian spaghetti sauce using two types of meat & lots of vegetables. One batch makes 5-quarts & the slow cooker does all the work!

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This thick, hearty spaghetti sauce recipe uses two types of meat and plenty of vegetables for a delicious, Italian-style sauce that’s mostly hands-off. This large-batch recipe makes 5 quarts – perfect for freezing extra for a future easy meal!

Author: Tiffany
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 hours
Total Time: 10 hours 15 minutes
Yield: 5 quarts 1x
Category: Main Meals
Method: Slow Cooker
Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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½ lb ground spicy pork sausage
½ lb ground beef
1 ½ cup par-cooked or cooked black beans (approximately 1 can)
2 bell peppers (any color)
10 cloves garlic, halved
2 large carrots, cut into large chunks
2 stalks celery, each cut into large chunks
1 medium onion, peeled and quartered
½ Tbsp salt
½ Tbsp pepper
1 Tbsp dried Italian seasoning
1 Tbsp dried oregano
1 Tbsp dried basil
1 Tbsp dried parsley
½ Tbsp dried sage
1 tsp dried thyme
90 ounces of tomato sauce (I buy a large #10 can of tomato sauce from Costco (106oz) and usually end up with about 16 ounces leftover)

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Instructions

Place everything except tomato sauce in a slow cooker.
Fill the slow cooker with tomato sauce and shake gently to move the sauce down and into air pockets created by vegetables. Top the slow cooker with the remaining sauce.
Cook on the lowest setting for 8 hours. Using an immersion blender, puree everything until smooth.
Taste for seasonings and add as necessary. Be careful – sauce will be hot!
Continue cooking on low for another 2-4 hours. Sauce tastes better the longer the flavors meld.
Serve with your favorite pasta.

Notes

** This recipe is designed to be made in a 6 quart slow cooker. Adjust measurements as needed if your slow cooker is a different size.

Nutrition

Calories: 3301

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