Slow Cooker Sausage Pasta

This slow cooker sausage pasta is a great, budget-friendly recipe that will feed a crowd or make enough to freeze for later. 

I love slow cooker meals as you can probably tell by some of the recipes on my website. This Slow Cooker Sausage Pasta is so delicious and super easy to make. Turn everyday ingredients like pasta, canned tomatoes, sausages, onion and cheese into a filling and tasty dinner.

The recipe makes a large portion so you can have dinner one night and also freeze some for later. For another super easy, kid-friendly, one-pot pasta meal, you can't go past my Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese.

Ingredient notes:

• Sausages: I used beef sausages to create this recipe. You could use pork venison or lamb if you prefer.
• Canned tomatoes: Any type of unflavoured or flavoured canned tomatoes can be used. If you are using whole peeled canned tomatoes, make sure you break them up after adding to the slow cooker.
• Herbs: Feel free to add in more of your favourite dried herbs if you like. You could also add in some fresh herbs at the end of the cooking time if you wanted.

How to make this slow cooker sausage pasta:

Add all of the sauce ingredients to the slow cooker and mix together. Add sausages and coat in the sauce.

Cook in the slow cooker for 3+ hours on high or 6+ hours on low. Cook pasta according to packet instructions and drain then set aside. Remove sausages from slow cooker and slice into 1cm pieces. Stir the cream cheese through the sauce.

Add the sausages back to the sauce and stir in the cooked penne pasta. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with plenty of grated cheese.

I like to serve my pasta bake with a nice green salad and some crusty garlic bread. I’m sure this recipe will end up being one of your favourite slow cooker meals.

If you would like some more great ideas for using sausages, check out my recipes for Sausage and herb loaf, Sausage picnic pie or my classic Curried Sausages.

Recipe FAQs:

Storage:

Store any leftover sausage pasta in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave until piping hot.

This easy meal makes 6+ serves so if you like you can create a pasta bake with the leftovers. Add the pasta to an ovenproof dish, scatter over grated cheese then cover it in clingfilm or put it in a plastic bag and keep it in the freezer until you are ready to bake.

You can cook it directly from frozen until the pasta is cooked through and the cheese on top is bubbling.

Top tips:

Extra step if you want to grill the cheese: Scatter the cheese over the pasta, remove the ceramic dish from slow cooker and grill in the oven on 160.C until golden and bubbling. Please check that your slow cooker bowl can withstand the heat of the oven before doing this step.

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