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This easy slow cooked Italian sausage dinner perfectly fits all in the slow cooker!  Another easy weeknight dinner for those busy days!

Slow Cooked Italian Sausage Dinner

The slow cooked Italian sausage dinner combines Italian sausage and all of the veggies, potatoes and green beans. into a simple, flavorful dish. No need to dirty lots of pans or heat up the kitchen for this super quick dinner that takes only a minute to throw in the slow cooker in the morning.  Be sure to print the recipe at the end of this post!

Ingredients Needed For Prep:

• 6 Italian sausage links
• 1 C frozen chopped onion
• 1 t Italian seasoning

Ingredients Needed for Cooking Day:

• 1 lb baby red potatoes
• 16 oz frozen green beans
• 1/2 C Zesty Italian dressing

How to Prep Slow Cooked Italian Sausage Dinner

This dinner will take you about 2 minutes to prep. Seriously! To prep this meal ahead of time, just combine the Italian sausage, frozen chopped onion, and Italian seasoning. You can also use fresh onion, instead of frozen, but if you want to avoid crying and eye burning, go for the frozen onion! 

How to Cook Slow Cooked Italian Sausage Dinner

Now it’s time to get dinner in the slow cooker! First, spray the slow cooker with non-stick spray (you will thank me later). Next, add the baby red potatoes, then add the prep ingredients into the slow cooker.  Layer the green beans on top, then finish it off with the Zesty Italian dressing. Make sure you use the liquid dressing and not the powdered dressing pack for this one. 

Lastly, get this Italian sausage dinner cooking! Put the lid on the slow cooker and set on low for 6-8 hours.

That’s it! Seriously, this recipe is one of the easiest and effortless dinners you will ever make.  You can even use a spicy sausage to zing things up a bit. 

Try these other slow cooker meals for an easy weeknight meal!

• Slow Cooked Mexican Flank Steak  from 5 Dinners 1 Hour
• Slow Cooked Creamy Cilantro Lime Chicken from 5 Dinners 1 Hour
• Slow Cooker Hawaiian Pulled Pork Sliders from Spiced 

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Slow Cooked Italian Sausage Dinner

This is an easy prep ahead recipe that can also be made easily without prepping ahead.

Slow Cooked Italian Sausage Dinner This is an easy prep ahead recipe that can also be made easily without prepping ahead.

Ingredients

Prep

• 6 Italian sausage links
• 1 C frozen chopped onion
• 1 t Italian seasoning

On Cooking Day

• 1 lb baby red potatoes
• 16 oz frozen green beans
• 1/2 C zesty Italian salad dressing

Instructions

To Assemble

1. Add first 3 ingredients to large zipper bag and shake well.

To Cook

1. Pour potatoes into slow cooker sprayed with non stick spray.
2. Lay sausage links on top of potatoes. Pour green beans over top.
3. Pour dressing all over everything. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Ingredients Prep 6 Italian sausage links 1 C frozen chopped onion 1 t Italian seasoning On Cooking Day 1 lb baby red potatoes 16 oz frozen green beans 1/2 C zesty Italian salad dressing

Instructions To Assemble Add first 3 ingredients to large zipper bag and shake well. To Cook Pour potatoes into slow cooker sprayed with non stick spray. Lay sausage links on top of potatoes. Pour green beans over top. Pour dressing all over everything. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.