Name: Turkey Spaghetti Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 195 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb ground turkey (cooked); 1/2 lb ground sausage (optional); 1 lg onion (chopped); 3-4 cloves garlic (minced); 8 oz mushrooms (sliced); 3-4 28 oz cans tomato sauce; 12 oz tomato paste; 1 1/2 Tbsp basil; 1 1/2 Tbsp oregano; 3 bay leaves

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Hearty Turkey Spaghetti Sauce is chock full of ground turkey and mushrooms and can be made on the stove or in a slow cooker.

This Turkey Spaghetti Sauce is my ultimate comfort food. It’s the dish I always asked for on my birthday growing up. I can tell when I’m feeling stressed out or overwhelmed because this is the dish I crave. My mom would have this simmering on the stove and the whole house would smell amazing as it cooked.

A large pot of Turkey Spaghetti Sauce with a blue ladle in the sauce.

It’s still a favorite in our house and I love how much sauce it makes. There is plenty of sauce to have for spaghetti one night and then to make lasagna another night. I think this spaghetti sauce is especially good with my goat cheese lasagna. The goat cheese is so strong so this strong sauce pairs really well with it.

Of course during the summer it’s way too hot to have a pot of sauce simmering on the stove for hours. When it’s too hot to cook the spaghetti sauce on the stove I use my slow cooker.

It tastes just as good and it contains the heat a lot better. Besides not having to watch over a simmering pot it’s also nice to use the slow cooker because it can cook longer and there’s no need to worry about it burning from being too hot. Brilliant!

A pot of Turkey Spaghetti Sauce with a blue Loch Ness Monster ladle

Can I take just a second here and talk about my ladle? I love this Nessie Soup Ladle! It’s so fun and it’s actually a great size because it’s not quite as gigantic as my regular ladle. And it’s a Loch Ness Monster in my favorite color! Okay, rant over!

I think the reason I love this sauce besides the fact that it’s my mom’s is that it is so meaty! The ground turkey and mushrooms keep it light but there’s still a lot to it so you feel full eating less. We always top it with a hearty sprinkle of parmesan cheese.

We like to pair this with a nice salad and bread. During the summer I rely heavily on my breadmaker so this Breadmaker garlic bread is perfect.

Turkey Spaghetti Sauce

This meaty spaghetti sauce can be made on the stove top or in the slow cooker.

Course Main Course

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 3 hours

Total Time 3 hours 15 minutes

Servings 12 servings

Author Jade

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb ground turkey cooked
1/2 lb ground sausage optional
1 lg onion chopped
3-4 cloves garlic minced
8 oz mushrooms sliced
3-4 28 oz cans tomato sauce
12 oz tomato paste
1 1/2 Tbsp basil
1 1/2 Tbsp oregano
3 bay leaves

Instructions

In a large pot sauté garlic, onion, and mushrooms in a drizzle of olive oil.
Add meat mixture to the mushroom and onion mixture. Then mix in tomato paste to mixture.
If using a slow cooker, transfer tomato paste meat mixture to the slow cooker before adding the tomato sauce.
Add tomato sauce and mix thoroughly.
Simmer for 3-4 hours on low stirring occasionally.
If using a slow cooker, cook on low for at least 4 hours.
Before serving pull out bay leaves they have an extremely strong flavor and biting into one is a super nasty surprise.