Italian Sausage for the Crock Pot
"A quick meal to throw together when you don't have time to prepare anything."
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3 lbs mild Italian sausage, links
- enough water, to cover sausage
- 1 large chopped onion
- 1 green pepper, sliced
- 48 ounces chunky spaghetti sauce
directions
- Place water and sausage in a skillet.
- Bring to a boil for 10 minutes.
- Place sausage without water in crock pot.
- Place onion and green pepper on top of sausage and then pour spaghetti sauce over everything.
- Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
- Serve with your favorite bread.
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Reviews
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I make this sort of thing regularly but hadn't thought to make it in a crockpot. I ended up putting peppers, onions, Italian hot sausage (links, frozen, no browning or anything beforehand) and some plain chopped tomatoes from a can (not even sauce) into the crockpot. I added a little garlic for flavor. Put it on high at 1pm and at 5pm the whole house smelled wonderful and everything was done. Am going to serve with some spaghetti tonight. Perfect. Love the idea of the crockpot, really should use it more, and if I don't have do do anything but put the stuff from freezer/fridge into the pot and let it go, I'm not sure it could be any easier. YUM. -
We made this a few different times. Once we used hot Italian sausage and another we used a feta and spinach chicken sausage. Sometimes we use a bit less sauce than what the recipe calls for but, it still turns out wonderful! Definitely a keeper - thanks for sharing such an easy and delicious recipe the whole family loves! -
I also browned the sausage after they had simmered in a little olive oil. I removed the sausage and sauted the green pepper and onion in the same skillet until they were a little soft. I then place the sausage, pepper and onion in the crock pot as directed. I had spaghetti sauce that was flavored with italian sausage, so I used that. This is a very easy recipe. -
Yummy but I followed seadate's advice and browned the sausages (Italian Sweet) in a pan and then removed. Added the onion cut into wedges and the pepper cut into strips and let them wilt with some olive oil and garlic and then I put the sausages back in and added the sauce and let the whole thing simmer on the stove while I made penne and then I added the drained pasta and let it simmer until I was ready to serve it, 15 min. Served it with parmesan cheese and loved it! Thanks. -
Quick and delicious! The onion and green pepper really seasoned and slightly sweetened the dish. I used hot italian sausage and browned it in a skillet for about 5 minutes, just to get that nice color. I served mine over white rice...DH loved it!!
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I am a mother of three and live in central Pennsylvania. My children were very active in after school activities and found we weren't spending anytime together at meal time. In 1998, I decided to start cooking my dinners in a crockpot so that we could have a home cooked meal together once everyone came home. My children now get so excited to see what we are having to eat and love the smell when they walk in the door. My family calls me the crock pot queen. LOL I use my crock pot everyday of the year.
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<br>My three children are now in college and before they come home they request their favorite meal. I still continue to cook in the crock pot for my husband and I. It is nice after a long day to know your meal is ready. It also helps in keeping my grocery bill down. With zaar, I can print my shopping list and that is all I purchase is the ingredients on that list.
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<br>Now, my two daughters have been crock pot cooking while in college. They find it is easy to cook for the themselves and their friends. It is an easy way to have friends over for dinner after classes
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<br>I still love trying new recipes and purchasing cookbooks, especially crock pot cookbooks.
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<br>Happy Cooking!
