*  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
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     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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