Everyday Good Thinking - Hamilton Beach

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce

This slow cooker marinara sauce is a beautiful red blend of chunky tomatoes, fresh basil and aromatic spices. It’s absolute perfection on spaghetti, and it could be used on a hundred other things, too. That’s the beauty of this recipe: it makes a lot, so you can store some in the fridge or freeze it for later use in a lasagna or pasta bake.

Don’t worry, making homemade marinara sauce isn’t complicated or difficult. In fact, it’s so easy, you can put it all the ingredients in the slow cooker and let it simmer all day, just as if you were making it on a stovetop. Need a meat sauce? Just add cooked ground beef, pork, turkey or sausage to the finished sauce, and you’re good to go.

You can always have delicious, homemade marinara sauce on hand, save money on jarred sauces and know what ingredients are in your food when you use this simple and flavorful slow cooker marinara recipe.




Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce YIELDS: 3 servings

2014-12-15 16:28:40
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 6 garlic cloves, minced 2 cans (28 oz. each) crushed tomatoes 1 can (29 oz.) tomato puree 1 can (29 oz.) tomato sauce 1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes 1 can (6 oz.) tomato paste 2 Tablespoons sugar 1 Tablespoon dried parsley 2 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 package (0.75 oz.) fresh basil, leaves only, cut into strips
Instructions
In a large saucepot over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the onion and garlic. Cook and stir until the onion is clear and garlic is golden, about 4 minutes. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato puree, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, parsley, oregano, salt, dried basil and pepper. Heat until mixture starts to boil. Pour tomato mixture into slow cooker crock. Cover slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours or LOW for 9 to 10 hours. Stir in fresh basil strips. Cool and place in air-tight containers and freeze for up to 6 months.
Notes
If you have a slow cooker with stove-top safe cookware, substitute the cookware for the saucepot in the directions above. After cooking onions and garlic, add ingredients as listed, place cookware in base, cover and cook as directed in recipe. For a meat sauce: Add 2 to 2 1/2 pounds cooked and drained, lean ground beef, ground turkey or sausage after cooking the onions and garlic and follow the recipe at Step 2.
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For the cook who is busy all day but wants a home-cooked dinner at night, a slow cooker is the answer. And with the Set & Forget® Programmable Slow Cooker, technology takes a big leap forward from the outdated slow cookers found in yesterday’s kitchens.
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