Pasta Sauce Spaghetti Soup (Crock Pot or Stove Top) |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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I made this soup recently it's delicious! You can make this in a crock pot but you will have to brown the meat with veggies firstly in a skillet. Double the recipe if desired. The ground beef can be made ahead of time, if you have freezer-ready ground beef, even easier! Feel free to adjust ALL ingredients to suit taste. You can really use any kind of pasta that you like for this, I prefer spaghetti, for a thicker soup decrease the water. Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef |
1 onion, chopped |
1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic |
1 small green bell pepper, chopped |
1 large celery, chopped |
1 -2 carrot, chopped |
2 cups water |
2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained |
1 (15 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce (can use homemade) |
1 -2 tablespoon sugar |
1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning, crushed |
seasoning salt |
pepper |
red pepper flakes (i use about 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes) or tabasco sauce (i use about 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes) |
4 ounces spaghetti (cooked, can use the thinner spaghetti for this also, broken into pieces) |
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese (optional) |
parmesan cheese (to garnish) |
Directions:
1. In a large saucepan, or Dutch oven, cook the ground beef, onion, green pepper, celery, carrot and garlic over medium heat until veggies are tender and meat is no longer pink; drain fat.
2. Add in water, undrained tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, sugar and seasonings; bring the mixture to a boil.
3. Reduce heat and simmer covered for about 45 minutes (can simmer less time or longer if desired).
4. Add in the the Parmesan cheese the last 20 minutes of cooking.
5. Add in the cooked pasta before serving and heat through.
6. Ladle into serving bowls and sprinkle with more Parmesan cheese if desired).
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