This easy, weeknight-friendly Slow Cooker Short Rib Ragu Bolognese doesn’t require hours of babysitting the stove!  Silky, rich and packed with tender, melt in your mouth meat, this versatile Italian sauce is sure to be a hit with your family and become a staple in your home!
Updated:  This post was originally published in January 2019.  I updated the post below to include more information about short rib ragu.  I also added step by step photos, plus a recipe video to show you how quick and easy this slow cooker bolognese sauce is to make!
Hi, friends!  Since a polar vortex (winter storm) just hit the Midwest and East Coast, and brought with it extremely cold temperatures, I felt it only fitting to share the coziest of cozy meal with you guys today. But, not only is todays dish luscious and comforting, it?s also crazy easy to make!
Basically, it?s the perfect melt-in-your mouth, soul-satisfying dish to get you through a long lazy winter.

Slow Cooker Short Rib Ragu Bolognese
Melt-in-your-mouth tender, shredded beef swimming in a flavor-packed tomato and red wine sauce studded with finely diced onions, pungent garlic, sweet carrots, mellow celery and fragrant herbs.
Essentially, this beefy, saucy, tomato gravy situation is the perfect comforting Sunday (or everyday if you want to live your best life) sauce!
It?s epic over pasta, divine over crusty bread, marvelous over creamy polenta, and honestly, it?s heavenly devoured plain, straight from the crockpot.

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