Best 7 Italian Sausage Slow Cooker Recipes

SLOW-COOKER EASY ITALIAN SAUSAGE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook sausage in large skillet until no longer pink, stirring frequently. Drain. In 3 1/2 or 4-quart slow cooker, combine cooked sausage and all remaining ingredients except zucchini and cheese; stir gently to mix.
• Cover; cook on Low setting for 7 to 9 hours.
• About 30 minutes before serving, remove and discard bay leaf from soup. Gently stir in zucchini. Cover; cook an additional 30 minutes or until zucchini is tender.
• To serve, ladle soup into individual bowls. Sprinkle with cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS (LOW-CARB, SLOW COOKER CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to the slow cooker crock and toss well to coat vegetables and sausage pieces with the oil and spices.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. Garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream, if desired.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Brown italian sausage in large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain fat. Transfer to 4 or 5 quart slow cooker.
• Add undrained tomatoes, water, and onion soup.
• Cover; cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours.
• If using low heat, turn slow cooker to high. Stir in kale and tortellini into soup. Cover and cook for 15 minutes more. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE & SAUERKRAUT - IN SLOW COOKER!

Steps:

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• 2. collect at ingredients...
• 3. Once all the ingredients have been collected...
• 4. We will start by turning the oven to 375 degrees...
• 5. Spraying a kitchen grill with vegetable cooking spray...
• 6. Spray the Italian sausages with vegetable cooking spray and place sausages on grill...
• 7. Once the oven have reach 375 degrees, place to grill with the sausages, in the center of the oven. Let cook for 15 minutes...
• 8. Meanwhile, we start working on the vegetables...
• 9. Peel onion, and cut in half where you will have small half rings. Cut about 1/4-inch-thick.
• 10. Place in a bowl...and separate into half rings...
• 11. Take the red bell pepper and Seed and cut pepper in strips 1/4-in-thick... Place in bowl with onions
• 12. After about 15 minutes,
• 13. Remove sausages from oven, turn sausages over, place back in oven for about 10 to 15 more minutes.
• 14. Back to cutting the yellow bell pepper, seed and cut in strips about 1/4-in.-thick... Place in bowl with onion and red peppers.
• 15. Take the jar of sauerkraut, open and pour into the slow cooker, juice and all...
• 16. Spread sauerkraut evenly over bottom...
• 17. Take the sausages and place on the sauerkraut evenly...Pour the sausage grease over the sausages...
• 18. Take 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes and spread in the slow cooker pot...
• 19. Take 1 teaspoon of sea salt and spread in slow cooker pot.
• 20. Take the red and yellow bell peppers and place on the sides of the sausages and the slow cooker...
• 21. Take the onions and place on the sausage in center of pot. DO NOT STIR!!! Place lid on slow cooker...
• 22. Make sure the slow cooker is on HIGH, and cook for 2 hours.
• 23. After 2 hours, open the slow cooker and look for the juices around the peppers and onions. It you can see juices...
• 24. remove the sausages and place in a bowl.
• 25. Stir the onion and peppers into the sauerkraut. Taste for seasoning.
• 26. Take and turn the Italian sausages over and place back on top of sauerkraut.
• 27. Turn the slow cooker to LOW and place the cover back on.
• 28. Let cook for about 4 hours...
• 29. After cooking for 4 hours, take lid off, pull out a sausage and check it for doneness!
• 30. Put sauerkraut mixture and sausage in a bowl with bread and --- ENJOY!!!!

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN SAUSAGE LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook sausage and onion in 10-inch skillet over medium heat 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Stir in undrained tomato sauce, basil and salt.
• Mix 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese and the ricotta and Parmesan cheeses. Refrigerate remaining mozzarella cheese while lasagna cooks.
• Spoon 1/4 of the sausage mixture into 6-quart slow cooker; top with 5 about noodles, broken to fit the pot. Spread with 1/2 of the cheese mixture and 1/4 of the sausage mixture. Top with 5 noodles, remaining cheese mixture and 1/4 of the sausage mixture. Top with remaining 5 noodles and remaining sausage mixture.
• Cover and cook on Low heat setting 4-6 hours or until noodles are tender.
• Sprinkle top of lasagna with remaining mozzarella cheese. Cover and let stand about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Cut straight down and enjoy!
• Tips: Sprinkle some chopped fresh parsley on top before serving for added appeal. Italian sausage can be interchanged with the hot or spicy varieties for more zing. Links can be substituted by cutting the casings and squeezing the meat out and cooking as directed.

SLOW COOKER PASTA SAUCE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a 3 quart or larger crock pot add all ingredients up to sausage and stir to combine. add frozen sausage and submerge in sauce. Cook on medium for eight hours. At the end of cooking time, do not disturb the sauce until you have skimmed off the excess oil from the sausages. Aproximately 30 minutes before dinner time bring large pot of water to a boil and cook penne according to package directions. Drain and stir two ladles of sauce into pasta to keep from sticking. Serve a bowl of pasta with one sausage and as much sauce as desired over the top. Sprinkle with cheese.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS & ONIONS

Steps:

• 1. Cut sausage into 1 inch pieces and cook them until browned on both sides.
• 2. Add sausage to slow cooker along with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and garlic.
• 3. Cook on low 6 hours.