Name: Crock Pot Sausage and Orzo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 420 min
Ingredients: 1 pound ground Italian sausage; 1 onion (diced); 1 red bell pepper (diced); 8 ounces sliced baby portobello mushrooms; 6 to 8 cloves garlic (minced); kosher salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes; 1 (24-ounce) jar marinara sauce; 1 (12-ounce) can chicken broth; 3 cups chopped, fresh spinach; 1 cup dry orzo pasta; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 2 cups shredded Italian blend cheese

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Crock Pot Sausage and Orzo is a comfort food Italian dinner recipe for your slow cooker with spinach, peppers, mushrooms, and cheesy pasta!

It smelled ahhhh-mazing slow cooking all day and dinner was just incredible!

How to make Crock Pot Sausage and Orzo

First put a pound of ground Italian sausage into your slow cooker.

You can cook it in a skillet and drain the grease first, or just add it in without cooking like I did.

Then add a diced onion, diced red pepper, sliced mushrooms, and plenty of minced garlic.

Season with kosher salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes.

Next pour a jar of marinara sauce and a can of chicken broth in your Crock Pot slow cooker.

Turn it on low for 6 to 8 hours.

After it’s been cooking low and slow, break apart the sausage in the slow cooker with two forks if you didn’t cook and crumble it first.

Then a cup of dry orzo pasta.

Add some chopped, fresh spinach and heavy cream.

Stir and leave it cook for another hour on low.

Taste for seasoning and add more kosher salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and/or crushed red peppers flakes as needed.

Stir in half of the Italian cheese blend right before serving and serve topped with remaining cheese.

I hope you love Crock Pot Sausage and Orzo as much as my family did 🙂

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