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Home » Slow Cooker » Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce

Dec 15, 2021 · 1 Comment

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Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce over spaghetti
Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce over spaghetti

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce is a flavorful, rich tomato pasta sauce that you can make with pantry items. Crock pot Marinara Sauce is easy to make and tastes delicious! This is the best vegetarian slow cooker pasta sauce.

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce in a bowl of noodles
Serve this tasty crock pot marinara sauce on spaghetti, or any kind of pasta.

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce

You may have heard that pasta sauce needs to cook a long time to be really good. If that’s true, this slow cooker marinara recipe is perfect!

The benefit of cooking pasta sauce in a slow cooker is that you can leave it to cook and not have to worry about it burning.

What is Marinara Sauce?

• Marinara sauce is a tomato sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, herbs, and onions. It has many variations.
• This sauce is used in Italian-American recipes, and even as a dip for breads and mozzarella sticks.

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I always try to gather all of my ingredients together before starting a recipe. It is nice to have it all there and not have to go running for something in the middle of making it.

How to Make Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce

Mixing tomato products in crock, spices added to tomatoes in crock
Add the tomatoes and tomato paste to the crock and stir well. Add the spices and stir them in. Cook on Low for best results as tomatoes scorch easily.

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce in black crock
The results are thick and delicious!

How to Store Crockpot Marinara Sauce

  • Refrigerate it (I use jars with air-tight lids).
  • Freeze it (I use freezer zip-closure baggies).
  • You can can it in canning jars (refer to a canning resource to learn the safe canning steps for tomato sauce).

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bowl of spaghetti and marinara sauce

If you make this tasty slow cooker marinara sauce recipe, please let me know. Just leave a comment below with a star rating. I’d like to know how you liked it!

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Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce in a bowl of noodles

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce

Slow Cooker Marinara Sauce is very flavorful and makes a great spaghetti sauce.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: crockpot marinara, crockpot spaghetti sauce, slow cooker spaghetti sauce
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 7 hours 40 minutes
Servings: 16
Calories: 66kcal
Author: Sandy

Equipment

  • 6 quart Slow Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 small Yellow Onion, finely minced
  • 3 28-ounce cans Whole Tomatoes
  • 2 28-ounce cans Crushed Tomatoes
  • 1 12-ounce can Tomato paste
  • 2 cups Water
  • 2 Tablespoons Honey or Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Dried Oregano Leaves
  • 2 Tablespoons Dried Basil
  • 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder (or 1 ½ Tablespoons minced fresh garlic)
  • 1 Tablespoon Dried Parsley Leaves
  • 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Thyme Leaves
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • ¼ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes, or more for spicy

Optional Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1 Tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
  • ¼ cup Red Wine

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients into the slow cooker and stir to combine.
  • Cover and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
  • Freeze, refrigerate, can or serve.

Notes

How to Store Marinara Sauce

  • Refrigerate it (I use jars with air-tight lids).
  • Freeze it (I use freezer zip-closure baggies).
  • You can can it in canning jars (refer to a canning resource to learn the safe canning steps for tomato sauce).

Nutrition

Serving: 4 oz | Calories: 66kcal
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  1. Maren says

    January 10, 2022 at 5:47 pm

    5 stars
    This sauce came out perfect! We had some on shell pasta with chicken and I froze the rest in freezer bags.

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