Recipes

Cathy’s Slow-Cooked Meat Sauce on Pasta

Ingredients

2 lbs lean (90%) ground beef

1 jar (24 oz) Jesben® Italian Tomato, Peppers & Herbs Slow Cooker Sauce

2 cloves fresh garlic, minced

1 8-oz. package sliced button mushrooms

1 pound spaghetti

Instructions

  1. Place meat in slow cooker.
  2. Add mushrooms and minced garlic.
  3. Pour entire jar of Jesben® Italian Tomato, Peppers & Herbs Slow Cooker Sauce on top of meat, mushrooms and garlic. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-5 hours or until meat is fully cooked.
  4. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and toss with butter and/or olive oil. 
  5. With large spoon thoroughly stir cooked meat sauce, breaking up ground beef into chunks, and then into smaller pieces with back of spoon.
  6. Serve meat sauce over pasta.

Makes 8-10 servings.