Slow Cooker Pasta Food

SLOW-COOKER BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the bacon and mince in batches until browned. Add to your slow cooker.
• Add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, tomato purée, herbs, wine (if using), vinegar, sugar and seasoning to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low for 6-8 hours, then uncover, turn to High and cook for another hour until thick and saucy.
• Serve with cooked spaghetti and grated or shaved parmesan. To cook this entire recipe on the hob, check out our big-batch Bolognese recipe.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN PARMESAN PASTA

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Place chicken into a 6-qt slow cooker. In a large bowl, combine crushed tomatoes, onion, basil, oregano, parsley and red pepper flakes, if using. Stir into the slow cooker and gently toss to combine. Cover and cook on low heat for 4 hours. Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred, using two forks. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well. Stir pasta and chicken into the slow cooker; top with cheeses. Cover and cook on low heat for an additional 10-20 minutes, or until the cheeses have melted. Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.

CROCK POT MILLION DOLLAR PASTA (+VIDEO)

Steps:

• Brown and crumble ground beef (season with salt and pepper.) Drain excess grease and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, sour cream, ricotta cheese, minced garlic and parsley.
• In the bottom of a 6 quart (or larger) oval slow cooker, add half a jar of spaghetti sauce.
• Evenly layer half the box of the cavatappi pasta on top of sauce.
• Pour remaining jar of spaghetti sauce over noodles.
• Pour on half a jar of water.
• Then layer half the cooked ground beef mixture over top.
• Dollop the entire cream cheese mixture evenly as possible over the beef layer. Do not stir.
• Evenly layer the rest of the cavatappi pasta on top of the cream cheese layer.
• Top evenly with remaining jar of spaghetti sauce
• Pour another half jar of water on top of spaghetti sauce.
• Finally, layer the rest of the cooked ground beef on top.
• Cover and cook on low for about 3-4 hours.
• Stir mixture and make sure pasta is fully cooked. If not, cover and allow to cook for another hour. Then evenly layer the top with 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese.
• Cover for an additional 15-20 minutes (until cheese is melted.) Sprinkle with a little dried parsley for color (optional).)

SLOW COOKER GROUND BEEF AND PASTA

Steps:

• Add hamburger, water, and minced onions to the slow cooker and cook on low 2 hours. Occasionally breaking up the hamburger as it cooks. (In this recipe, the hamburger was put into the slow cooker frozen. If using fresh hamburger, the cooking time is only 1 hour on low).
• Add the cream of mushroom soup and water or milk and cook another 30 minutes on low.
• Add noodles with the additional water and cook another 30 minutes on low. This time mushrooms were added in the last 30 minutes too. You don't have to, but you could certainly add any other vegetable to this in the last hour.
• Garnish with fresh parsley if you have any on hand.

SLOW COOKER CREAMY CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• Season the chicken breasts with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and red pepper flakes. Place them in an even layer in the bottom of a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker, then pour in marinara sauce. Fill the empty marinara sauce jar with water, close the lid, and give it a shake. Pour the water into the slow cooker.
• Add the lid, and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours. After that time, remove the chicken and either shred it or cut it into cubes. Return the chicken to the slow cooker along with the pasta noodles and heavy cream. Press the noodles down to ensure they are submerged in the liquid.
• Close the lid, adjust the setting to low heat, and cook for an additional 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on how firm you like the noodles cooked. Stir occasionally to make sure the noodles are evenly cooked.
• Serve hot with a side salad and garlic bread. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

20 BEST SLOW COOKER PASTAS

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a slow cooker pasta dish in 30 minutes or less!

EASY CROCKPOT SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over MED to MED-HIGH heat with a small drizzle of oil. Add ground beef and onion and cook 5-6 minutes, until beef is cooked through, crumbling as you cook. Drain meat/onion mixture and return to skillet.
• Reduce heat to MED-LOW, add garlic and cook 1-2 minutes. Add marinara sauce, diced tomatoes, water, Italian seasoning, balsamic vinegar, thyme, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, and sugar. Stir to combine well.
• Spoon meat mixture into lightly greased 6 quart slow cooker. Top with broken spaghetti and stir together. Top with shredded cheese, cover and cook on LOW 4 hours.
• Serve garnished with fresh parsley or basil and a sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese if desired.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN AND PASTA

Steps:

• Mix together soups, mushrooms and onion.
• Season with salt, pepper and garlic to taste.
• Place in slow cooker.
• Place chicken breast on top of the soup mixture, season with salt, pepper, garlic and Tony's.
• Cook on high for 4- 5 hours, or low for 8- 10 hours.
• Cook noodles as directed and add to slow cooker at the last 20 minutes of cooking time.
• At this time add the butter if using.
• **If the mixture is thicker than you want it to be this is the time you add the milk or chicken broth to thin it to your desired consistency.

SLOW COOKER PASTA

Steps:

• Pour one jar of pasta sauce, broth, onion, green peppers, garlic powder, pepper, Italian seasoning in a crockpot (6 quart or larger).
• Mix until combined.
• Add the pasta and parmesan cheese.
• Then, pour the second jar of pasta as evenly as you can, on top of the cheese.
• Cover and cook on High heat for 1 hour or until pasta is cooked through. Be sure to stir everything together at the 30 minute point. Please note that your cooking time may vary, based on the brand, size and even age of crockpot you are using. For me, 1 hour was the best cooking time. For you, it could be higher up to 1.5 hours or lower at just 40-45 minutes. Keep a close eye.
• Garnish with fresh parsley or basil and more parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

SLOW COOKER SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place the ground beef, sausage, and onion in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Brown and crumble the meat. Drain off grease.
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add tomato paste, diced tomatoes, pasta sauce, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Simmer for a minute or two.
• Transfer half the sauce to a lightly greased 6-quart slow cooker.
• Add the broken spaghetti. Top with remaining sauce.
• Sprinkle on the cheese. Cover and cook on LOW for 4 hours.
• Stir well and serve.

SLOW COOKER BAKED SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Pour the jars of sauce in to the slow cooker. In a large skillet set over medium-high heat, brown the meat and onions together. After the meat is browned add the garlic, cook for a minute a longer. Drain the fat. Add the salt, pepper, oregano and basil and stir. Pour the meat onto the sauce in the slow cooker and stir.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
• After the cooking time is up, cook the noodles as directed on the package in boiling water on the stove-top. I cooked my noodles for exactly 8 minutes after adding them to the boiling water. The noodles will cook a bit more after adding them to the slow cooker.
• Drain the noodles and add them to the meat sauce in the slow cooker. Stir, then flatten the noodles in an even layer.
• In a small bowl combine the cream cheese, ricotta and salt. The cream cheese will be in small chunks, but that is fine.
• Dollop the cream cheese/ricotta mixture over the spaghetti, then use a spatula to even it out over the spaghetti. Add the mozzarella cheese.
• Cover and cook for an extra 20 minutes on LOW.
• Serve and enjoy!

SLOW COOKER PASTA E FAGIOLI

Steps:

• Add olive oil to a large skillet and add in ground beef. Cook until browned and no longer pink.
• Place the beef in a slow cooker along with the rest of the ingredients except for the beans and pasta.
• Cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours. 30 minutes before serving stir in beans and pasta.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste. Discard bay leaves before serving.
• Serve immediately while hot.

SLOW-COOKER PASTA E FAGIOLI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until beef is no longer pink and onion is tender; drain.
• Transfer to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, beans, carrots, cabbage, celery, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low until vegetables are tender, 7-8 hours.
• Stir in pasta. Cover and cook on high until pasta is tender, about 30 minutes longer. Sprinkle with cheese if desired.

SLOW-COOKER SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours, or on high for 3 1/2 hours, until the onion is tender and the meatballs are hot.
• Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 15 to 25 minutes, or until the spaghetti is al dente. (You have to taste the pasta to make sure it is properly cooked.)

SLOW COOKER CREAMY CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• Season the chicken breasts with DUST seasoning red pepper flakes.
• Add diced onion to the bottom of the slow cooker.
• Place the chicken in an even layer in the bottom of a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker.
• Add the lid, and cook on high for 3 hours.
• After 3 hours, remove the chicken and either shred it or cut it into slices or cubes.
• Return the chicken to the slow cooker.
• Pour in marinara sauce.
• Fill the empty marinara sauce jar with chicken broth, close the lid, and give it a shake so that you get all the sauce from the jar, then pour the chicken broth into the slow cooker.
• Add the pasta and milk.
• Press the noodles down to make sure they are submerged in the sauce.
• Put the lid back on, change the temperature to low heat, and cook for an additional 45 minutes. Be sure to stir occasionally to make sure the noodles are evenly cooked.
• Serve hot with a side salad and bread.
• Sprinkle with fresh parsley and shredded Parmesan cheese if desired.
• Enjoy!