Slow Cooker Pasta Sauce With Italian Sausage Recipes

CROCK POT PASTA SAUCE WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Brown the sausage in a large skillet, breaking up any large pieces with a wooden spoon.
• When sausage is browned, drain if needed and add to crock pot.
• Clean skillet with a paper towel and set flame to high; when hot add oil.
• Add garlic and cook until golden but do not burn; add tomatoes and garlic to crock pot along with fresh cracked pepper. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• If you wish, take an immersion blender and blend the sauce a 2-3 seconds to break the sausage up into smaller pieces to combine with the sauce.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN SAUSAGE PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Add all ingredients except for the peas to a slow cooker (4-5 quart works best). Stir around well and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours. Remove the lid and continue cooking for 10-15 minutes or until the sauce has thickened to your liking. Stir in the peas and serve hot over pasta topped with Parmesan cheese.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN SAUSAGE PASTA SAUCE WITH SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In 3 1/2 to 4 quart slow cooker, combine all ingredients except spaghetti; mix well. Cover; cook on low setting for 6 to 8 hours. Skim and discard fat, if desired. About 30 minutes before serving, cook spaghetti to desired doneness as directed on package. Drain. Serve sauce over spaghetti.

SLOW COOKER SAUSAGE WITH SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the Italian sausage links, spaghetti sauce, green pepper and onion into a slow cooker. Stir to coat everything in sauce.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 6 hours. Serve on hoagie rolls.

PASTA SAUCE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Removed casing from sausage links and cut into 1/2 inch slices. In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat for about 10 minutes; remove and set aside.
• In a large skillet, heat ground beef, olive oil, garlic and onion over medium heat until meat is nicely browned; drain.
• Pour in tomatoes and tomato sauce; mix in salt, ground black pepper, basil, oregano, bay leaf and cooked sausage. Simmer uncovered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Mix cooked sauce with hot pasta and remove bay leaf from sauce before serving.

SLOW-COOKER MEATY ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In 12-inch skillet, cook sausage, onions, mushrooms and garlic over medium heat about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain.
• Spoon sausage mixture into cooker.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours.

ROBUST ITALIAN SAUSAGE & PASTA

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, brown sausage links. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add the spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, green pepper, onion, garlic and Italian seasoning., Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. Stir in pasta. Cover and cook on high for 30-40 minutes or until pasta is tender.

SLOW-SIMMERING PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat for 7-8 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink and onion is tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker., Stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, brown sugar, bay leaves, oregano, dried basil, salt and thyme. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours., Discard bay leaves; stir in half of the fresh basil. Serve with pasta. Top with remaining basil.

ROBUST ITALIAN SAUSAGE & PASTA (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, brown sausage links. Transfer to a 3 quart slow cooker.
• Add the spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, green pepper, onion, garlic and Italian seasoning; mix well. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• Stir in pasta. Cover and cook on high for 30-40 minutes or until pasta is tender.

SLOW COOKER ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cut sausage into 4 or 5" pieces and brown on all sides in batches in skillet. Saute peppers, onions, and garlic in drippings. Combine tomato puree, sauce, and paste in bowl. Add seasonings and sugar. Layer half of sausage, onions, and peppers in 6qt cooker. Cover with half the tomato mixture. Repeat layers. Cover. Cook on high 1 hour and low 5-6 hours. Serve over pasta or Italian rolls. AWESOME!

SLOW-COOKER ITALIAN SAUSAGES AND PEPPERS WITH ROTINI

Steps:

• Place Reynolds™ Slow Cooker Liners inside a 5- to 6 1/2 -qt slow cooker bowl. Make sure that liner fits snugly against the bottom and sides of bowl and pull the top of the liner over rim of bowl. In cooker liner, mix all ingredients except pasta and cheese.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.
• Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Serve sausage mixture over pasta; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.