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Crock Pot Spaghetti
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Your favorite family dinner can now be made easily in your Crock Pot! This Crock Pot Spaghetti is so easy with tons of flavor. Tender spaghetti noodles, spicy Italian sausage in a creamy spaghetti sauce made with cream cheese in your slow cooker. It’s our favorite way to enjoy spaghetti. Plus, it’s quick and easy for busy nights.
I LOVE Crock Pot Recipes! I am often referred to as the “Crock Pot” Queen because when people ask me what’s for dinner I often tell them it’s already cooking in the slow cooker at home. It’s such a home run for busy nights and lives. Like my Crock Pot Lasagna and Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan, I took another favorite easy weeknight meal and made it crock pot friendly with these delicious Crock Pot Spaghetti that the entire family is sure to devour!
I love how creamy and yummy this spaghetti is. Plus, it makes a ton so invite those friends over or just feed your incredibly hungry family! It’s great for packing lunches the next day, too. I just toss together a side salad and breadsticks to finish this meal off.
We love this easy Instant Pot Spaghetti so I figured we’d love a good Crock Pot Spaghetti too.
I definitely wasn’t wrong! Each recipe has its own unique twist so we can mix it up a little. I love that this one has Italian Sausage in it so it’s a little bit spicier.
The IP recipe has diced tomatoes in it that make it a hit!
Ingredients Needed
- Italian sausage
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic salt
- Pasta sauce
- Spaghetti noodles
- Parmesan cheese
- Cream cheese
- Chicken broth
You can substitute the Italian sausage for ground beef, turkey or even chicken if you’d like. You can even skip the ground meat and use frozen meatballs instead!
If you don’t want to use all chicken broth you can substitute some of it for water or all of it.
Don’t have cream cheese? You can skip this ingredient, but the sauce won’t be as creamy.
Steps to Prepare
- Make Sauce – Brown the sausage seasoning with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Drain and set aside.
- Add to Crock Pot – Pour one jar of sauce on the bottom of the crockpot. Place spaghetti noodles on top of sauce. Layer the sausage on top of noodles. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Dice the cream cheese into little chunks and put on top of Parmesan cheese. Top with another jar of sauce.
- Cook – Cover crock pot and cook on high for 3 hours. After three hours stir spaghetti mixture and pour the last jar of pasta sauce and chicken broth into crock pot. Replace lid and cook on low for one additional hour.
Remember that every slow cooker cooks differently and at different temperatures. It’s important that you know your crock pot. Keep an eye on your pasta, stirring in regularly and test it so you know when it’s done. Overcooked pasta gets gummy, mushy and isn’t ideal!
Can spaghetti noodles be cooked in a crockpot?
Absolutely! It’s a great way to cook a big meal for a crowd – we love slow cooker spaghetti!
A quick note is that this pasta is a bit softer than traditional spaghetti that is boiled to al dente, but not mushy.
How long do you cook noodles in the crockpot?
It only takes four hours from start to finish to make crockpot spaghetti!
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Crock Pot Spaghetti
Tender spaghetti noodles, spicy Italian sausage in a creamy spaghetti sauce made with cream cheese in your slow cooker!
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 3 24 ounce jars of pasta sauce
- 1 pound spaghetti noodles
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated or powder
- 4 ounces fat free cream cheese
- 1 14.5 ounce can chicken broth
Instructions
- Brown Italian sausage in medium skillet. Season with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Drain grease and set sausage aside.
- Pour one jar of pasta sauce on the bottom of your crock pot. Break spaghetti noodles in half and place on top of sauce. Put sausage on top of noodles. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Cut cream cheese into little chunks and put in crock pot on top of Parmesan cheese. Pour another jar of pasta sauce over the cream cheese.
- Cover slow cooker and cook on high for 3 hours, stirring a few times throughout cooking time.
- After three hours stir spaghetti mixture. Pour last jar of pasta sauce and chicken broth into crock pot. Replace lid and cook on low for one hour.
Notes
- You can substitute the Italian sausage for ground beef, turkey or even chicken if you’d like. You can even skip the ground meat and use frozen meatballs instead!
- If you don’t want to use all chicken broth you can substitute some of it for water or all of it.
- Don’t have cream cheese? You can skip this ingredient, but the sauce won’t be as creamy.
- Remember that every slow cooker cooks differently and at different temperatures. It’s important that you know your crock pot. Keep an eye on your pasta, stirring in regularly and test it so you know when it’s done. Overcooked pasta gets gummy, mushy and isn’t ideal!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 459kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 18gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 877mgPotassium: 310mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 125IUVitamin C: 1.2mgCalcium: 117mgIron: 1.5mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Was a wonderful easy to follow recipe. Turned out great. I only had different noodles and it still turned out Great! Plus I doubled some ingredients and maybe add some more Italian spices but my boys ate it all and want it again! So I’ll for sure Will be using it again for sure!
Awesome! I’m so glad you all loved it!
Do you think beef broth is ok as a substitute to chicken broth
Yep I think that will be fine!
Just made this for dinner. Left the house and came back a few hours later and it smelled DELICIOUS!! I had a few sample bites while stirring and it was so good. This will definitely become a staple in my house. So easy and yummy!!
Awesome! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I have not tried this yet, but I did give it 4 stars cause it looks delicious. I do have a couple of questions; 1) Can you use regular cream cheese? 2) Can this be cooked on low, and if so for how long? Thanks for any help you can give me. Have a wonderful and blessed day.
Yes, you can use regular cream cheese. I haven’t tried cooking this any other way, I would stick to the cooking instructions in the recipe.
You should NOT give a rating if YOU haven’t tried it. Looking delicious? Whatever. Not to mention your question CAN I USE REGULAR CREAM CHEESR. MAY GOSH……think!
Can I use hamburger to replace sausage?
Yep you can!
I followed this recipe exactly, after 2.5hrs on high my spaghetti noodles had disintegrated or completely melted together. I was very disappointed because it sounds delicious and because I wasted a pack of sausage, cream cheese, and 2 jars of spaghetti sauce.
I’m so sorry Kelly! I haven’t had that issue with this recipe.
The recipe calls for chicken broth, but she never mentioned it on the video. It does say it on the recipe though!
Follow the recipe steps for this one, the chicken broth goes in at the end.
Why the chicken broth?
The chicken broth helps to finish cooking the noodles at the end.
Last step:. You add last jar of sauce and chicken broth. Do you stir whole mixture BEFORE the last hour of cooking?
I didn’t see you use any Chicken broth..and can I use ricotta cheese instead
It’s at the end the video doesn’t show it. What are you subbing out for ricotta cheese?
Why aren’t there any measurements with the crock pot spaghetti?
The recipe card with instructions, video and full measurements is towards the bottom of the post. Are you not seeing that?
Are the noodles supposed to be cooked or uncooked when they are put in the pot?
Uncooked
Do you need to use the chicken broth finish cooking the noodles? Thank you
There won’t be enough liquid if you don’t use it. I guess you could just use water I would think too but I have never tested it.