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Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

SUBMITTED BY: Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® 

"This spaghetti sauce cooks unattended in the slow cooker so you can focus on other things."
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PREP TIME  20 Min
COOK TIME  3 Hrs
READY IN  3 Hrs 20 Min

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

  • 1 pound mild or hot Italian sausage
  • 3/4 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 cups KELLOGG'S® RICE KRISPIES® Cereal
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes
  • 2 (8 ounce) cans no-salt-added tomato sauce
  • 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
  • 1 tablespoon dried Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed (optional)
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

DIRECTIONS

  1. In large skillet cook sausage until brown. Drain off fat. Place sausage in 4-to 5-quart crockery cooker.
  2. In same skillet cook ground beef, onion and garlic until beef is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Add ground beef mixture to sausage in crockery cooker. Stir in Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal, undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, mushrooms, Italian seasoning, fennel (if desired) and pepper. Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours or on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours.
  3. Stir meat mixture. Serve over hot cooked spaghetti.

FOOTNOTES

  • Make Ahead Directions
  • Prepare as above. Spoon 3-cup portions of the spaghetti sauce into freezer containers. Cover. Freeze for up to 3 months. Before serving, place one portion of the spaghetti sauce into a microwave-safe container. Microwave, loosely covered, on 50% power (medium) for 5 minutes. Stir sauce, breaking up any frozen chunks. Microwave, loosely covered, on 100% power (high) for 3 to 5 minutes more or until heated through, stirring every minute. Serve as above.
  • If desired, substitute 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram leaves and 1/4 teaspoon dried sage leaves for the Italian seasoning.
  • If the Italian sausage used in the recipe contains fennel, omit the fennel seeds.
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Nutritional Information
Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 296

  • Total Fat: 15.5g
  • Cholesterol: 58mg
  • Sodium: 575mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.8g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 2.7g
  • Protein: 18.7g

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