Slow Cooker Cheesy Lasagna With Sausage and Beef

Super San Mateo Chefs's Note:

Delicious cheesy lasagna that will feed a crowd! Great flavor and texture. The beef and sausage is infused with moisture from the slow cooker.

• Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 lb lasagna noodle
• 1 small sweet onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 lb hot sausage, minced
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, Italian flavored
• 3 cups marinara sauce, any flavoring
• 3 cups alfredo sauce
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 (15 ounce) can ricotta cheese
• 1/2 lb mozzarella cheese, divided 1/4 lb freshly grated and 1/4 lb sliced thick
• 1/2 lb monterey jack cheese, freshly grated
• 1/4 lb parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
2. Add onion and sauté for 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for another 2 minutes until onions are soften.
3. Add minced sausage and ground beef. Cook until browned, approximately 7 minutes. Drain oil.
4. In a large bowl, add marinara sauce, alfredo sauce and canned tomatoes and mix completely.
5. Add ground meat mixture to sauce. Add Italian Seasoning and salt and pepper to taste.
6. In the slow cooker pan, pour a small amount of the sauce mixture along the bottom of the plan.
7. Layer the uncooked lasagna noodles across the bottom of the pan. You can make the noodles to adjust them to the size of your pan.
8. Spoon ricotta cheese across the lasagna noodles. Add a layer of grated cheeses. Add a layer of sauce mixture.
9. Repeat the layering process; lasagna noodles, ricotta cheese, grated cheeses, sauce mixture.
10. For the top layer, proceed with this order: lasagna noodles, sauce mixture, grated cheeses and sliced mozzarella cheese.
11. Cook on LOW for 6 hours or HIGH for 4 hours until cheese on top is bubbly.

Reviews

[Jeff Hixson]

Made as posted, very good but just a little to much cheese flavor for my tastes.

[EmilieLearnstoCook]

Was delicious!! 5 stars all the way... I halved the recipe and it still turned out and was done in two hours on High. The sausage is what really made the flavor wonderful and the alfredo. Thank you!