Slow Cooker Sausage and Potato Casserole
This Slow Cooker Sausage and Potato Casserole is a comfort dish that is easy to whip up, is sure to please the whole family and can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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The BEST Slow Cooker Comfort Dish
As the days and nights are starting to get cooler, most of us will be craving a quick, comforting weeknight meal. This Slow Cooker Sausage and Potato Casserole fits the bill perfectly with all of it’s gooey, cheesy goodness. I mean let’s be honest, I could eat this simple, comforting dinner any night of the year, but it just hits different in the cold weather, doesn’t it?
I love a good slow cooker meal that can be made ahead of time because it makes my day run so much smoother knowing that dinner is done and I don’t have to rush around trying to get it on the table in the evening. Plus, it only uses six simple ingredients, so it’s super quick to put together.
Fall is one of my favorite seasons because you get to cozy up together in the house with your family and eat lots of good comfort food like this Slow Cooker Sausage and Potato Casserole. You could also serve this delicious crock pot casserole for breakfast with a side of eggs and a hot cup of coffee on a crisp Fall morning.
If you are looking for more quick and easy slow cooker meals, then be sure to check out the links below and enjoy this delicious recipe friends!
Are you Looking for More Quick and Easy Slow Cooker Recipes?
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- Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup
- Slow Cooker Potato and Corn Chowder
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What to Serve with Sausage & Potato Casserole:
Ingredients for Sausage and Potato Casserole:
- diced hashbrown potatoes
- kielbasa sausage
- onion
- shredded cheddar
- cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp creole seasoning (or your favorite blend)
- salt & pepper
How to Make Slow Cooker Sausage and Potato Casserole:
Combine hash browns, smoked sausage, onion, and 2 cups of the cheese in a greased slow cooker.
In a separate bowl, combine cream of mushroom, sour cream, creole seasoning, salt and pepper.
Pour over hash brown mix and stir to combine.
Sprinkle remaining cheese over top.
Cook on low 6 hours or on high for 4 hours. It is done when your potatoes and onions have cooked through. Be careful not to overcook the potatoes. Enjoy!
Note: If you substitute fresh diced potatoes for frozen, you might need to add to the cooking time. Once the potatoes and onions are cooked through, the dish is done.
Alternative Directions for the Oven:
Mix all ingredients in large mixing bowl.
Place ingredients into a greased 9×13 casserole dish.
Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender and cheese is melted through.
Do You Have to Pre-Cook Sausage?
No, kielbasa/smoked sausage is already cooked. If you want to add additional flavor, you can saute sliced sausage in a pan over medium heat until browned on all sides before adding to the dish.
Slow Cooker Sausage and Potato Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 – 32 oz. bag of hash browns or may substitute fresh diced potatoes
- 14 oz. kielbasa sausage cut into small pieces
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 10.5 oz can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp creole seasoning or your favorite blend
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine hash browns, kielbasa, onion, and 2 cups of the cheese in a greased slow cooker. (Some people prefer to saute the sausage and onions before adding them. Also, If you substitute fresh diced potatoes for the frozen, you may need to add to the cooking time.)
- In a separate bowl, combine cream of mushroom, sour cream, creole seasoning, salt and pepper.
- Pour over hash brown mix and stir to combine.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over top.
- Cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 4 hours. It is done when your potatoes and onions have cooked through. Be careful not to overcook the potatoes. Enjoy!
I cook with my crockpot pretty much al week. I Love mine so much. with a family of 3 adults (my dad lives with me) between him and my hubby they can eat on this for 2 or 3 days depending. I made a small batch of this and it was a hit and no leftovers!!! I made another batch today and added other things this time! I used a half a bag of the hash brown and a whole bag of cubed potatoes with onions and peppers(only thing I had on hand and hey, its a potato).I added chipped ham cubes since I didn’t have enough polish sausage for the whole thing. not gonna hurt none. I used cream of mushroom soup AND cream of celery soup since I didn’t have another can of mushroom soup. I also added (recipe ready chopped onions, green and red peppers, and parsley). I’m sure this will be just as good! I gotta sneak in veggies any way I can! oh and the cheese! on low for 8 hours should be done by the time my husband gets home tonight around 1am! and dinner is served for him!
This sounds delicious 😋 TY. I have big eaters here to feed. Definitely will be making this soon
Hey, I see it calls for one can of cream of chicken or mushroom, but I see in your comment you used a cream of mushroom and cream of celery. Do I need to cans or just the one? And if it is just the one why did u use two? Just wondering for when I make it.
Thanks.
The recipe calls for one can of soup. Should I use two of them like you suggest
Tried this making this today was great and easy to make. Did change one thing I used the potatoes instead of the hash brown potatoes. I will make this again. I used cream of mushroom soup this time I will try with cream of chicken soup 😋
How many potatoes did you use for yours if you don’t mind me asking? i’m about to do the same thing & not too sure on how many i should dice 🙂
Delicious! Even my picky teen liked it! I used turkey kielbasa, since we’re trying to eat a little more healthy. Because I can’t find diced potatoes, there was quite a bit of prep involved the night before: chopping onion, dicing potatoes, cutting the kielbasa. I had to do it the night before because I leave the house by 7:15 am! It was a lot to do after a long day, but worth it for the ready-to-eat meal on a very busy day. That morning I did saute the onion & kielbasa, which I liked, except that I feel like I smelled like onions all day long (co-workers said I didn’t 😉 ). I added a little more cheese since the bag was almost empty and it cooked longer than 8 hours, which may be why there’s a bit of burned food around the edges. It was a hearty & delicious meal that didn’t taste like ‘every other crock pot’ meal. I’ll make it again!
Love this recipe, its tasty, easy and makes great leftovers. I prefer to use cream of onion soup when I can find it (and last time went with cream of celery bc it was what I had on hand) delicious no matter what “cream of” soup is used. Thank you!!
Could I use smoked sausage instead on kielbasa?
Did you try smoked sausage, it’s all I have but sure it’ll be fine
I always used beef smoked sausage in mine, and it comes out great! My family loves it, so I make it often. Also, I should mention, I always brown the sausage and onions when I make it.
I see one of your amazon picks is the Taste of Home Slow Cooker cookbook. Is this recipe in that cookbook? And have you tried other recipes from this cookbook? I’m trying to decide if I should purchase this one as I’ve always had good luck with Taste of Home recipes. Thanks in advance for your help.
Hey, I see it calls for one can of cream of chicken or mushroom, but I see in your comment you used a cream of mushroom and cream of celery. Do I need to cans or just the one? And if it is just the one why did u use two? Just wondering for when I make it.
Thanks.
Would shredded hash browns be ok as that’s all I could find.
slow cooker recipes are always the best. I have always been scared of releasing the pressure, an old timer cooker blew up when I was young and ruined the hardwood in the kitchen. I still remember the extensive floor refinishing my grandmother forced me to help with. The new slow cookers are easy to use and with your recipes, I feel like I am in heaven.
Can I make this in the oven instead?
Yes
What temp for how long in the oven?
Do you have to saute the sausage and onions?
No. She just says some people like to. I like the meat browned if it’s going to be cooked in the crockpot.
This is absolutely delicious! I cooked it on low for about 5 hours and the edges at the bottom of the pot were burnt. Use your nose and check it after 4 hours. It does thicken up in the fridge.
I have frozen hash browns. Should I just dump them in or do I need to thaw them first?
You can dump them in frozen.
Can I use hash brown rounds instead??
Hello can this recipe be cooked in a instant pot
Hey, I love this slow-cooker sausage and potato casserole. I’m going to give it a try
Thank you
Loved this simple recipe! Being from New Mexico I’ll be adding green chile to it next time!
It looks gross no matter what you do. Don’t bother. No one will eat it and if they try, it’s just salt flavor. Not edible. Lee
I thought that it was delish!!! To each their own Lee. No need to be so nasty about it.
Didn’t change a thing. It was terrific. Great on a cool or cold day. Thank you. I prefer this recipe to the 4 ingredient one.
I just follow the directions and stick it in the oven, it turns out great and my family loves it!!!!
On what temp and for how long? I want to try it in the oven.
Made it with diced potatoes, kielbasa, cream of potato and cream of chicken of coursecheese. Meant to use just cream of potato but it turned out fine. I browned the slices of sausage before throwing it in the crockpot on high for a few hours until the potatoes are done. I’d recommend it for an effortless work night dinner. Very simple to make prep took 25 mins at the most. You could do prep work the night before. 3/5 stars because of the sodium content, prep work time (the frozen potatoes could cut this down but then we add more sodium) and that’s all. Honestly I’d say it isn’t bad or good just okay. And that’s okay! Not every dinner is the best but as long as my family eats ill take it! Thanks for the new dinner idea
I made this for the first time tonight and although I like the recipe itself, 6-8 hours on low in newer crockpots it’s just too long. This was done at maybe hour 3 or 4 for me so it was ready much earlier than expected and was starting to burn on the sides despite my crockpot being oiled. Next time, I will plan to start it much later and plan for 3 hours. However, the flavors are good and my husband and I enjoyed it. He does not like onions so I omitted them, which is disappointing for me. I *might* try adding some French onion dip mix into the sauce mixture next time but it doesn’t need it.
Replaces sour cream with cream cheese ….thicker and richer! Yum!
The serving size says 1g, what is the actual serving size?
MY HUSBAND SAID THIS WAS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER MADE!!!! We both could have licked the slow cooker clean!
However I did have to sub a few things:
•I used turkey Kielbasa
•I used a frozen onion seasoning blend since I didn’t have fresh onions.
•I used only 3-4 red potatoes
•I added for nutrition, half a bag of frozen cauliflower and a handful of frozen spinach!
And I did sauté all of the ingredients mentioned above before adding them to the slow cooker with salt and pepper (cooked on high to get browning effect and to unthaw frozen ingredients- made sure not to fully cook)
And then I added the cheese, sour cream and cream of mushroom soup (not cream of chicken) and salt/pepper per the recipe.
But since they did receive some cooking I only cooked them in the slow cooker for about 2 1/2 hrs on high since I was in a hurry. But it turned out perfect! Next time I may just cook them in the slow cooker on low for about 4-4 1/2 hrs so that I can actually take advantage of the slow cooker. But this was awesome!
This is a family favorite, in the instant pot. We use either chicken sausage garlic n herb flavored from Sams Club or Jalapeño smoked. We also add Italian Seasoning or others depending on the flavor of the day. It is quick when you don’t have time for a meal and served with a small salad and bread on side, perfect! Thank you for sharing your version of this. I have not added the sour cream till recently and they like it. 🙂
Would it be ok to add a couple of cans of white beans to the recipe? Or would that overload it too much? Would love you your opinions..thanks so much for the recipe!!
If you think it sounds good together, then go for it.
How would I cook this in the pressure cooker? To save time…
I am making this right now. My question is does there need to be any liiquid added? I only used one can of soup with sour cream.
How would I cook this in the pressure cooker? To save time…
The serving size only says 1g what’s the actual serving size??