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Crock Pot Italian Sausage and Peppers – Low Carb

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Crock Pot Italian Sausage & Peppers is a Simple and Delicious Recipe for Lunch, Dinner, or Entertaining!

We love Crock Pot recipes! Some of our favorites include Slow Cooker Honey Barbecue Brisket and Crock Pot Philly Cheese Steak Sliders!

CROCK POT ITALIAN SAUSAGE & PEPPERS

Crock Pot Italian Sausage & Peppers is one of those meals.  Either you’ll love it or you won’t. For me, it’s a huge win, because…. it’s so easy to make, it tastes incredible, and it’s a perfect fit for so many occasions!  People who don’t like Italian sausage though, they may decide it’s not for them.   Also, it can be a little on the spicy side, so if you or your kids don’t love spice, this isn’t for you without making a few modifications.  I’ll share more about those a little further down in this post.  

This recipe is so easy to make in the crock pot! It’s a great choice for those days when you want something warm and comforting but don’t have a lot of time to prep.  I just threw the sausages in, without chopping them, and then when it was time to serve, I pulled them out and chopped them into coin sized, bite-sized pieces.  It just saved time that way.  

DO I NEED TO ADD ANY EXTRA LIQUID TO THIS CROCK POT ITALIAN SAUSAGE & PEPPERS RECIPE?

With a lot of crock pot recipes, it’s good to add some extra liquid. With Crock Pot Italian Sausage and Peppers, you don’t have to! The vegetables will give off liquid as they cook down. The end result is a wonderful, flavorful mix!

Of course, if you want to add a bit of broth for extra depth of flavor, feel free! It’s completely optional, though. Either way, it’s just plain yummy, and I know it will end up on your regular meal rotation!

ARE THERE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR SERVING CROCK POT ITALIAN SAUSAGE & PEPPERS?

Of course! The most common way to serve this delicious dish is with a hoagie roll or crusty roll, but it’s also delicious with pasta or even vegetable noodles. 

Honestly, though, I just eat them just as they are, in a bowl with some bread and butter. They are truly that good!

WHAT DO I DO IF I DON’T LIKE SPICY FOODS?

The main thing that makes this Crock Pot Italian Sausage & Peppers Recipe so spicy is the crushed red pepper.  Leave it out and your recipe will not have the added heat.  Of course, leaving out the black pepper will leave out any extra heat that may have provided as well.

DOES CROCK POT ITALIAN SAUSAGE & PEPPERS FREEZE WELL?

Yet another reason to love this recipe…it freezes so well! When you find peppers and onions on sale, be sure to stock up. 

You can freeze them in strips on their own or pack them with the other ingredients as a Crockpot Freezer Meal. Then, all you have to do is pull them out and you’re ready to go!

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Crock Pot Italian Sausage & Peppers is a Simple and Delicious Recipe for Lunch, Dinner, or Entertaining!

  • Author: Sarah
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 360
  • Total Time: 6 hours 10 minutes
  • Method: Slow Cooker
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

  • 8 thawed Italian sausage links
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 sliced yellow onion
  • 1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
  • ¼ cup chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • ½ teaspoon basil
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

  1. Chop 1 green pepper and slice 1 onion.
  2. Place all ingredients in slow cooker
  3. Stir to combine.
  4. Cook on 6 hours on low.

Freezer bag instructions:

  1. Place all ingredients into freezer safe gallon bag
  2. Label & lay flat to freeze
  3. Remove from freezer the night before cooking
  4. The morning of cooking place contents of bag into slow cooker
  5. Cook on low for 6 hours

Keywords: Crock Pot Italian Sausage and Peppers

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Family Happenings From our Family of 9

This is my son Baylee.  He is the oldest and just turned 21 this month.  Hard to believe I’ve been a mom for 21 years, and yet I still have 6 other kids at home, the youngest of whom is 4.  We took him out to one of our favorite Mexican food restaurants and he drank his first Margarita.  The manager said he made sure to grab the LARGEST hat they had, lol.  So fun!  He was a great sport.

Baylee's 21st Bday

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  • Amorette DavisUser of the Free Freezer to Slow Cooker One Week Menu

    Thank you so much! As a special needs mommy these recipes have helped us so much.   I often am very busy with being a nurse for our child that I don't have time for making sure we get meals.  This allows me to do all my prep on the weekends, while my husband is home to help, and to cook during the week.  So grateful!

  • Linda SearsOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Menus

    Sarah’s Freezer to Slow Cooker ebooks have been a fantastic addition to my meal plans.  They make meal planning easy and my family happy. I love the way each recipe is laid out, with a shopping list and ingredient prep list, along with cooking instructions. Sarah’s done all the hard work for me!  The recipes have used have all been delicious and easily adaptable to my family’s taste and the number of people I’m serving.

  • FranOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebooks
     I purchased all of your freezer to slow cooker ebooks a month or so ago and I'm in love with this way of cooking.  I now have taken all 10 weeks of recipes and written them of my menu planner and then I repeated the 10 weeks and will continue to do so throughout the year.  My family of 5 adults and 1 child enjoy the meals that you have planned and I have cooked and I'm excited that the next time when that meal comes due up in the rotation I won't have to purchase anything but just pull it from the freezer.  Thank you so much
           A Happy Slow Cooker User
  • rayzn2angelsfrom Freezer to Slow Cooker Series

    This makes my life so much easier. I'm a busy work at home/stay at home mom, wife, business woman and I feel like dinner is always the thing I just never get time to do. We have done like 15 of the crockpot recipes from Sarah and they are all very yummy. They get a thumbs up from my husband and kids every time. And there is always enough for my husband to take the left overs at least 2x per recipe. I have a family of 5, 2 adults, 21, 13, 16. So it makes plenty. Thank you Sarah.

  • Dawn S.Buyer of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebook Series
    I am a 59-year-old wife and mother of two grown children.  I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling one out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home.  I hate feeling rushed when I cook so Monday - Friday I use those crockpot meals and make enough that we have lunch the next day.  I take Sunday afternoon, fix up what I need for the week (I don't have a lot of freezer space so I do a week's worth at a time) and I'm done with it!  Saturdays I like to try new recipes from some of my cookbooks which I am finding I can freeze as well!  So you have shown me a whole new way to organize my time and still put a healthy meal on the table.  Thanks so much and I look forward to future blogs.

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