Italian Sausage Spaghetti Sauce is both delicious and easy to make, with savory Italian sausage adding incredible flavor to this quick, homemade slow cooker sauce.
This recipe for slow cooker spaghetti sauce is extraordinary because it only requires a few simple ingredients, and the flavor is incredible.
I have the best memories of my Aunt Dana making this spaghetti sauce. We always had it at her annual Creative Memories crop day, and half the reason we went was for the spaghetti! We’d wait all day for this dinner, smelling the sauce as it simmers in the crock pot.
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This is a must-try recipe that’s easy to make. It makes a lot, so if you’re serving a small group or family, I recommend halving the recipe.
The best part of this spaghetti dish is how easy it is to whip up, and the taste comes naturally from the Italian sausage used in the sauce.
how to make slow cooker Italian sausage spaghetti sauce
In your crock pot, add the following sauce ingredients: tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, dried parsley, sweet fennel, garlic powder, onion powder, and sugar. Add salt & pepper and white wine to taste. Stir all ingredients together until they are well combined.
After adding the Italian Sausages to the sauce, leave them whole until they have cooked before cutting them up.
Turn the crockpot to high and cook the sauce for 4-6 hours. Once the sausages are tender, remove them from the sauce and cut them into 1-inch chunks. See the example below:
Finally, add the sausage pieces back into the sauce and turn the slow cooker to low. Let it simmer until you’re ready to serve. You can either dish this up immediately or wait another hour before shifting the crock pot to warm.
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Italian Sausage Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 pounds Canino’s Mild Italian Sausage this is worth ordering from Denver, CO http://www.caninosausage.com/
- 2-29 ounce cans tomato sauce
- 29 ounces crushed tomatoes
- 8 ounces tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons dried parsley
- 3 tablespoons sweet fennel
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2-3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- 3/4 cup white wine
Instructions
- In your crock pot, add the following sauce ingredients: tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, dried parsley, sweet fennel, garlic powder, onion powder, and sugar. Add salt & pepper and white wine to taste. Stir all ingredients together until they are well combined. Now add in the sausages and cover with the sauce, if desired. Cover with lid.
- Turn the crockpot to high and cook the sauce for 4-6 hours. Once the sausages are tender, remove them from the sauce and cut them into 1-inch chunks. See the example above in the text.
- Finally, add the sausage pieces back into the sauce and turn the slow cooker to low. Let it simmer until you're ready to serve. You can either dish this up immediately or wait another hour before shifting the crock pot to warm.
This sounds so delicious and probably freezes really well! Pinned- I will definitely be trying. My boys love red sauce!
This looks so delicious, especially with the mushrooms. Yum!
I like cooking the sausage a little more with the sauce instead of precooking it. Not as healthy, but it’s seriously like liquid meat – absolutely delicious.
This is so perfect for my family. We love dishes like this, and I love that they can feed an army!
I will be making this for everyone on our next italian night. I cannot wait!
Looks beyond delicious! Can’t wait to make this!
This will be my new favorite spaghetti sauce! It looks so tasty!
Oh wow! This homemade spaghetti sauce is perfect! My family would enjoy this very much!
I love homemade! This looks and sounds incredibly delicious!!
Such a delicious recipe! So good!
The recipe directions don’t tell you when/how to put in the raw sausage. In the bottom? Sauce on top? Please fix the recipe . Thanks.
It’s updated, thanks for letting me know.