Spaghetti Meat Sauce

* Exported from MasterCook *

Spaghetti Meat Sauce

Recipe By : Rival's Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Cuisine; 1995
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Sauces

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 pound sweet or hot Italian link sausage
1 pound ground chuck
1 pound round steak or stewing beef -- cut in 1" cubes
2 medium onions -- chopped
1 large green pepper -- seeded and chopped
2 cloves garlic -- minced
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons leaf basil
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 16 oz cans Italian-style tomatoes -- broken up
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 6 oz can tomato paste

Remove sausage from casings; brown in skillet with ground chuck and cubed meat.
Break up sausage and ground meat with wooden spoon or fork as they brown; dra
in well. Add to Crock-Pot with remaining ingredients; stir well. Cover and co
ok on Low for 8 to 16 hours or on High for 4 to 6 hours. For thicker sauce, co
ok on High for last 2 hours, removing cover for last hour.

Note: This sauce may be made 1 to 2 days in advance and refrigerated. It also
freezes well.

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