Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce

Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce is pure comfort food to me!

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When it comes to pasta and Italian dishes I am a little bit of a plain jane.  I am not a big fan of cream sauces and given the choice I will always choose a basic meat sauce or bolognese sauce.  One of my favorite comfort meals is Spaghetti with meat sauce that I have shared on the blog before.  I think it is pretty much the best!

One of the tricks to a really good meat sauce is letting it cook and simmer for a long time.  The longer it simmers, the thicker and richer the sauce gets.  The one down side to that is you need to be home while it is cooking.  I am not a fan of leaving my gas range going and not being there.  So on the days when I’m craving a good bolognese sauce but I’m not going to be around most of the day to keep an eye on it and give it a stir this slow cooker version is perfect!

Unlike my other meat sauce recipe this one has a few yummy additions – bacon , carrots and celery.  I start out by sauteing the veggies in some butter.

Add in the hamburger that has been browned and some crisp bacon.

All of these gets put in the slow cooker with some crushed canned tomatoes and seasoning and then you  just let it cook on low for about 6 hours!

The sauce thickens and the flavors meld together for a yummy plate of pure comfort food!
The recipe was adapted from one I originally found at Skinny Taste.

For other pasta dishes try these:

Macaroni Grill Penne Rustica

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Penne with Spinach and Chicken Sausage

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5 from 1 vote

Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce

Course Slow Cooker

Author Leigh Anne Wilkes

Ingredients

• 4 strips bacon cooked crisp and crumbled
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 yellow onion diced
• 1 C celery diced
• 1 C carrot diced
• 1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beaf
• 2 - 28 oz. cans crushed tomatoes
• 1 Tbsp dried parsley
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried basil
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Saute vegetables in butter for about 5 minutes.
• In another pan brown hamburger
• Cook bacon until crisp and crumble
• Add everything into slow cooker
• Add tomatoes and seasonings.
• Cook on low for 6 hours

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