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In a skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.
Add a third of the cheese.
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You can have Slow Cooker Lasagna using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Slow Cooker Lasagna
- Prepare of Meat Sauce:.
- It's 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
- It's 1 lb. of ground beef.
- Prepare 1/2 of yellow onion, diced.
- It's 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
- Prepare 1 can (29 oz.) of tomato sauce (or crushed tomatoes).
- You need 1 can (14.5 oz.) of diced tomatoes, undrained.
- You need 1/2 cup of water.
- It's Pinch of granulated sugar.
- You need 2 tsp. of each dried parsley, dried basil.
- You need 1 tsp. of Italian seasoning.
- Prepare To taste of salt and pepper.
- Prepare of Cheesy Filling:.
- It's 1 container (15 oz.) of Ricotta Cheese.
- It's 1 of large egg.
- Prepare 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
- You need 1/4 cup of shredded parmesan cheese.
- Prepare 2 tsp. of dried parsley.
- It's 1 tsp. of dried basil.
- It's Pinch of salt and pepper.
- Prepare of Other things you need:.
- You need 6-8 of lasagna noodles (not oven ready).
- You need 1 cup of shredded mozzarella.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of shredded parmesan.
Just pack the slow-cooker with four layers of sauce, noodles and cheese, then come home to crockpot lasagna four to six hours later. This slow cooker lasagna is a WINNER! All of the time consuming parts of lasagna-the many dishes and all the prep, are taken away. I love that this recipe doesn't even require you to cook the lasagna noodles before hand.
Slow Cooker Lasagna instructions
- 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..
- 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..
- In a large bowl, mix the ricotta, egg, seasonings, mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese. Set that aside..
- 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..
- Place about a third of the ricotta mixture over the noodles and spread it all over..
- 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..
- Cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until the noodles are tender. Then scoop it out the best you can and serve immediately..
You can use regular lasagna noodles, and then just layer the sauce, noodles and cheese. Remove cover; turn off heat and season to taste, if desired. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. In a large pan over medium heat, heat oil. Slow Cooker Lasagna is juicy, cheesy, beefy, and tastes just as good as a classic lasagna, but easier!