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crock-pot lasagna

★★★★★ 2
a recipe by
Candace Lemings
Port Hudson, LA

This is especially good with the recipe for homemade spaghetti sauce in place of the 3 cans of Italian style tomato sauce... (If you use that recipe, leave out the ground beef in it, there's enough meat in this recipe, no need for more.)

★★★★★ 2
serves ~ 8
prep time 35 Min
cook time 5 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Ingredients For crock-pot lasagna

  • 1 lb
    italian sausage or ground beef
  • 1 md
    onion
  • 3 (15oz) can
    italian style tomato sauce
  • 2 tsp
    dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 c
    mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 1 (15oz) pkg
    ricotta cheese
  • 1 c
    fresh parmesan cheese, shredded
  • 15
    lasagna pasta sheets, uncooked

How To Make crock-pot lasagna

  • 1
    Cook meat and onion in skillet over medium heat 6-8 minutes; stirring occasionally.
  • 2
    Stir in tomato sauce, basil and salt.
  • 3
    Mix together 1 cup of the mozzarella with the ricotta and parmesan cheeses. Store remaining mozzarella in refrigerator.
  • 4
    Spoon 1/4 of the meat mixture into 6 quart crock-pot.
  • 5
    Top with 5 lasagna sheets, broken as needed.
  • 6
    Add 1/2 of the cheese mixture.
  • 7
    Add another 1/4 of the meat mixture.
  • 8
    Add 5 more pasta sheets
  • 9
    Add the other 1/2 of the cheese mixture.
  • 10
    Add another 1/4 of the meat mixture.
  • 11
    Add the last 5 pasta sheets.
  • 12
    Add the last 1/4 of the meat mixture.
  • 13
    Cover and cook on low 4 to 6 hours.
  • 14
    When done, sprinkle top with reserved mozzarella.
  • 15
    Cover and let stand until mozzarella is melted (about 10 minutes).
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