Slow Cooker Pasta

If you love pasta and also easy slow cooker meals, this slow cooker pasta is the perfect recipe for you! With a blend of tender noodles and flavorful ground beef slow cooked all day, this slow cooker pasta is incredibly delicious. It’s the perfect meal when you’re short on time.

Slow Cooker Pasta Recipe

I love a good pasta. And I also love a good slow cooker recipe. So I decided to make the two become one after a very busy summer. We are renovating a hoarders house in Idaho that has been an insane amount of work. Without going into too much detail, because this is a food blog, let’s just say it has been very unpleasant to clean out. Often times, we are working on the house way past dinner, and I am having to get creative with meals. I mean you can only have hobo dinners or hotdogs over the fire so much. I decided to create a yummy dump and go pasta dinner recipe, and this is when this recipe was created.

This recipe is so dang easy! Yet it is so yummy! It also took me about 10 minutes (at max) to put this recipe together. It’s the kind of recipes that us busy moms need in our lives.

The Cowboys’ Rating: 9/10

Every time I make a new recipe, I have my family rate the recipe out of 10. By the time, these recipes make the blog, they’ve been tried and tested by some of my hardest tiny critics!

What Ingredients Are in Slow Cooker Pasta?

• Ground Beef – As always, we use our own homegrown ground beef that is grass-finished and regeneratively raised. It’s delicious, lean and so good. Our ground beef is 90/10 and I never have to drain off a bunch of fat.
• Minced Garlic – Because this is a meat-based sauce, I really wanted to bring in some rich flavors here. I love to add minced garlic to the ground beef bring some rich, tangy flavor.
• Onion Powder – I want to make this a very flavorful pasta dish without being too overpowering so I added in some onion powder for some great flavor.
• Italian Seasoning – I love to use Italian seasoning in my Italian recipes. It’s a blend of herbs that really adds great flavor to your dish.
• Spaghetti Sauce – I can my own spaghetti sauce, but you can use any spaghetti sauce you want.
• Shell Noodles – For this slow cooker pasta recipe, I opted to use shell noodles instead of spaghetti noodles. Those cute little shell noodles have what my kids call “pockets” and those “pockets” hold extra sauce and meat in every bite. Basically, I use shell noodles because my kids love them.
• Salt & Pepper
• Parmesan Cheese – We topped this slow cooker pasta with some grated parmesan cheese because we love cheese, and we love the flavor of parmesan cheese.

Tools You’ll Need

• Frying Pan
• Spatula
• Measuring Cups & Spoons
• Slow Cooker
• Cheese Grater

Recipe for Slow Cooker Pasta

1. In a frying pan, combine ground beef and seasonings.
2. Mix well and cook until beef is completely cooked through.
3. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.
4. Add in spaghetti sauce and mix well.
5. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
6. 45 minutes before serving, add in shell noodles and water. Mix well. Continue to cook on low for 30-45 minutes stirring frequently.
7. When noodles are soft, turn heat to off and serve.
8. Garnish with parmesan cheese.
9. Enjoy!

How to Store Slow Cooker Pasta

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Leftovers can easily be reheated in the microwave!

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