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Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese with fresh basil leaves on top served with garlic pizza bread and mozzarella tomato salad
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5 from 62 votes

Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese

Dinner time doesn't need to be a challenge with this delicious slow cooker spaghetti bolognese recipe.
All you have to do is brown the ingredients and then leave them to cook in the slow cooker all day. You’ll come home to a fantastic meal that the whole family will love.
Serve the slow cooker bolognese sauce with spaghetti for a fantastic dinner that everyone will enjoy.
With just one pot to clean up, this dish is practically effortless. So put your feet up and let the slow cooker do all the work for you.
This recipe is perfect if you want to batch cook. It's very easy to double up so you can have a few nights of amazing home-cooked food or freeze a batch for another day.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time6 hours 20 minutes
Total Time6 hours 30 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: British, European
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Yield: 6 People
Calories: 759kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 200 g Bacon lardons or Diced Pancetta
  • 1 large Carrots
  • 2 Onions
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 1 kg Beef mince I recommend frozen 5% fat
  • 180 ml Red wine
  • 400 ml Beef stock Use 1 stock pot or 2 stock cubes with boiling water.
  • 2 tins Chopped tomatoes (800g)
  • 3 tablespoon Tomato puree
  • 2 tablespoon Dried mixed herbs
  • 1 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Brown sugar
  • 500 grams Spaghetti

Optional

  • Fresh basil
  • Parmesan

Instructions

  • Prepare all the ingredients.
    Finely dice 1 large Carrots and 2 Onions
    Finely dice or mince 6 cloves Garlic
    Ingredients for our Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese which consists of frozen mince beef, chopped carrot,chopped onion, chopped tomatoes, bacon lardons, beef stock,tomato puree,dried mixed herbs,balsamic vinegar, red wine, olive oil, garlic, salt, black pepper and brown sugar all placed in bowls on a wooden chopping board
  • Fry the 200 g Bacon lardons in a pan for about 2 minutes.
    Bacon lardons frying in a pan
  • Add the diced carrots, onion and garlic and fry until softened, about 8 minutes.
    Bacon lardons, chopped onion, chopped carrot and garlic in a frying pan
  • Transfer these ingredients from the pan into the slow cooker pot
    Cooked bacon lardons, chopped onion and chopped carrots in a slow cooker pot
  • Next, heat 1 tablespoon Olive oil in the same pan, add the 1 kg Beef mince and cook until it's just browned.
    Mince beef being browned off in a frying pan
  • Pour in the 180 ml Red wine with the mince, stir well, and bring to a boil.
    Pouring red wine on top of the browned mince beef in a frying pan
  • Transfer the mince into the slow cooker pot and add 400 ml Beef stock
    Browned mince beef in a slow cooker pot
  • Add all the below ingredients
    2 tins Chopped tomatoes
    3 tablespoon Tomato puree
    2 tablespoon Dried mixed herbs
    1 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar
    Salt and black pepper
    1 teaspoon Brown sugar
    Mince beef, chopped tomatoes, mixed herbs,brown sugar, tomato puree and balsamic vinegar in a slow cooker pot
  • Stir all the ingredients together.
    Stirring the bolognese together with a wooden spatula in a crock pot
  • Place lid on. Cook for
    8 hours on low
    or
    6 hours on high
    DO NOT remove the lid at any point! It does not need stirring.
    Placing the lid on top of the slow cooker with the Spaghetti Bolognese cooking on a low temp setting
  • Once the time is up, remove the lid.
    Cooked crock pot Spaghetti Bolognese
  • Stir and turn the slow cooker to high, keep the lid off to let it evaporate a little.
    Meanwhile, cook the 500 grams Spaghetti to the packet instructions
    Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese with a ladle in the pot
  • You have two options for serving. You can serve a scoopful of bolognese sauce on top of cooked spaghetti.
    Slow cooker Bolognese served on top of a bed of spaghetti in a black bowl
  • Or add the cooked spaghetti into the slow cooker pot.
    Spaghetti being placed on top of the bolognese in a slow cooker pot
  • Stir it through until it is evenly distributed.
    Placing tongs into Spaghetti Bolognese by hand
  • Serve in a bowl with some grated Parmesanand Fresh basil chopped on top.
    Spaghetti Bolognese mixed together in a bowl served with garlic pizza bread and mozzarella tomato salad and a slow cooker full with Spaghetti Bolognese in the background

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Nutrition

Calories: 759kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 52g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 125mg | Sodium: 511mg | Potassium: 1033mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 2089IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 6mg