Crock Pot Spaghetti

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 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!

Love this spaghetti? You’ll love these recipes also!

• Baked Spaghetti Casserole
• Spaghetti Pie
• Best Ever Spaghetti and Meatballs
• One Pot Mexican Chicken Spaghetti
• {Instant Pot} Pressure Cooker Spaghetti

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Crock Pot Spaghetti

Julie Evink

Tender spaghetti noodles, spicy Italian sausage in a creamy spaghetti sauce made with cream cheese in your slow cooker!

4.75 from 12 votes

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 4 hrs

Total Time 4 hrs 15 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Calories 459 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 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

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