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Slow Cooker Sausage & Peppers | 10 Meals in an Hour | Freezer Cooking | Main Course Meat

SLOW COOKER SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS

This classic Italian dish comes together so quickly and will taste like you spent hours in the kitchen.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  • 2-3 20 oz. packages mild Italian sausage
  • 2 large onions sliced
  • 4-5 green bell peppers sliced
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 29 oz can tomato sauce
  • 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
  • 4-6 tablespoons butter
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 drop Oregano Vitality Essential oil optional
  • Italian bread cooking day only

Instructions

  1. Chop onion and set aside.
  2. Slice green peppers into strips;set aside.
  3. Brown sausages in a pan with 2 tablespoons of butter. Then remove sausage from pan and cut into thirds and set aside.
  4. Place 2 more tablespoons in pan and add peppers saute until softened. Then add last 2 tablespoons of butter and saute onions till softened.
  5. In a large bowl, mix together sauce, crushed tomatoes, red pepper flakes, Oregano Vitality Essential oil and peppers and onions.
  6. Divide sausage into 2 gallon size freezer bags ( be sure to label bags first.) Divide sauce mixture over top sausage.
  7. Thaw if frozen; cook in crockpot on low for 5-6 hours or high for 3-4 hours; until sausage is cooked all the way through. (Note-don’t worry if your sausage isn’t all the way thawed. It can also cook from frozen, it might just take a little longer.)
  8. Serve with sliced Italian bread and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Preparation time: 5-10 minutes. Cooking time: 5-6 hours on low in crockpot or 2-3 hours on high. Number of servings (yield): 4-6.