Recipe: Perfect Slow Cooker Lasagna

Slow Cooker Lasagna. Reviews for: Photos of Slow Cooker Lasagna. Slow Cooker Lasagna makes preparing lasagna easier than ever! No pre-boiling noodles and hardly any mess with the same great cheesy lasagna taste.

A few months ago, I attended my first ever "Lasagna Fest". Or as the organizer called it. Hundreds of home cooks agree that this slow cooker Italian sausage lasagna is the best and easiest way to make lasagna you'll ever try. You can cook Slow Cooker Lasagna using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Lasagna

1. It's of Meat Sauce:.
2. You need 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
3. It's 1 lb. of ground beef.
4. Prepare 1/2 of yellow onion, diced.
5. It's 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
6. You need 1 can (29 oz.) of tomato sauce (or crushed tomatoes).
7. Prepare 1 can (14.5 oz.) of diced tomatoes, undrained.
8. You need 1/2 cup of water.
9. It's Pinch of granulated sugar.
10. It's 2 tsp. of each dried parsley, dried basil.
11. It's 1 tsp. of Italian seasoning.
12. It's To taste of salt and pepper.
13. Prepare of Cheesy Filling:.
14. You need 1 container (15 oz.) of Ricotta Cheese.
15. You need 1 of large egg.
16. You need 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
17. You need 1/4 cup of shredded parmesan cheese.
18. It's 2 tsp. of dried parsley.
19. Prepare 1 tsp. of dried basil.
20. Prepare Pinch of salt and pepper.
21. You need of Other things you need:.
22. It's 6-8 of lasagna noodles (not oven ready).
23. You need 1 cup of shredded mozzarella.
24. You need 1/2 cup of shredded parmesan.

Just pack the slow-cooker with four layers of sauce. Convenient no-cook lasagna noodles take the work out of this traditional favorite adapted for the slow cooker. It's so easy to assemble for workdays or weekends. In this video, I will show you how to make American lasagna in the slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Lasagna instructions

1. Grease your slow cooker well and set aside. In a large skillet heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add the onions and the beef. Cook and break up the beef until it is no longer pink. Drain any excess fat, if needed..
2. Stir in the garlic and let it cook until fragrant, just a minute or so. Then stir in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, sugar and seasonings. Let this simmer for 5-10 minutes just to let the flavors meld together. Then remove it from the heat and set aside..
3. In a large bowl, mix the ricotta, egg, seasonings, mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese. Set that aside..
4. In the bottom of the slow cooker, spread about 1 cup of sauce...more if needed to completely coat the bottom. Place 2-3 of the lasagna noodles over the meat sauce, breaking them up to fit as best you can..
5. Place about a third of the ricotta mixture over the noodles and spread it all over..
6. Repeat this process. I get 3 layers altogether. After the last layer of ricotta mixture, spread over the last of the meat sauce. Top with the 1 cup of mozzarella cheese and the 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese. At this point you could always place the lid on and store it in the fridge until ready to cook..
7. Cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until the noodles are tender. Then scoop it out the best you can and serve immediately..

This is basically a beef and cheese lasagna recipe. This crockpot lasagna is possibly the easiest lasagna you will ever make. You don't need to boil the lasagna noodles before layering the lasagna in your crock pot. Love this Slow Cooker Lasagna Recipe as much as I do? A light and healthier version of lasagna with all of the traditional flavours, easy to make and comes together in minutes!