Is there a more classic midweek dinner than Spag Bol?! 🍝 I’ve taken this family favourite dish and reinvented it to be cooked while you’re busy all day, totally hands off – no faffing. Meet my Slow Cooker Bolognese. Yes, I mean it when I say we don’t have to fry off the mince to brown it beforehand, which means this is a true throw-it-all-in slow cooker recipe – AKA a trusty ‘dump bag’ dinner. I love sharing my newly discovered slow cooker hacks with you, and this is the ULTIMATE time-saving method of making this much-loved dish. I have made sure it’s packed with rich flavour and the long, slow cooking just enhances the depth of deliciousness. Did I mention how easy it is too?! I hope you love it as much as we do. ❤️
Why you’ll love this Slow Cooker Bolognese recipe
⭐️ Soft and tender beef ⭐️ Rich and delicious sauce ⭐️ Perfect for batch cooking and freezing And so I knew if we were going to get spaghetti bolognese made in a slow cooker, it would have to be perfectly fine-tuned. The adapted version would also have to be worth cooking it differently for. I am DELIGHTED to say that, after lots of testing, this bolognese recipe ticks all of the boxes… ✅ It’s rich in flavour thanks to a few extra ingredients that you might normally leave out (red wine, Worcestershire sauce, extra quantities of herbs and tomatoes, for example). ✅ It’s also SO easy. Yes we really do just add all of the ingredients to the slow cooker, switch on and go. We don’t need to brown the mince at all. Which means preparing dinner takes just a few minutes, and the outcome is a rich, thick sauce that will go down with the whole family. ✅ It has a lovely consistency that is very ragu-like. If you give the mince a quick chop up before you add it into the pan, it won’t go into clumps at all. ✅ You can then serve with spaghetti (make this separately as you’re about to eat), or it can even be used as a base for a lasagne or on top of a jacket potato.
More slow cooker beef mince recipes
⭐️ Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne ⭐️ ⭐️ Homemade Doner Kebab ⭐️ ⭐️ Slow Cooker Beef Enchiladas ⭐️ In the freezer Yes, you can freeze any leftovers. Defrost and reheat thoroughly when you want to enjoy them. Alternatively, you can freeze all of the ingredients together in a bag raw as a ‘dump’ meal and then cook. Simply throw everything for the initial cook into the slow cooker, pop the lid on, then store it in the fridge overnight. In the morning, put it into the slow cooker and don’t forget to switch ‘on’. You can replace the individual carrots, celery and onion ingredients for a frozen bag of ‘soffritto’, which comes already pre-chopped and all together in one bag. (I love this cheat for lots of recipes!) It might be called ‘vegetable base mix’ or something similar in some supermarkets. Also I’d LOVE to see your cooking creations. If you’d like to share yours with me, you can tag me on Instagram (@tamingtwins).
