Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage, Potatoes and Vegetables
Keep this slow cooker (crockpot) smoked sausage, potato and vegetable recipe handy for an easy one-pot meal.
This slow cooker smoked sausage, potatoes and vegetable meal is easy to make because the slow cooker does all of the work.
All you have to do when dinner is ready, is dish it up right from the slow cooker pot.
In this recipe, I especially like that there’s broth along with the meat, veggies and potatoes.
There’s not a lot of broth like in soup, but it’s just enough broth to add another layer of flavor with each bite.
About the Smoked Sausage
Although I used turkey smoked sausage in this recipe, to my taste buds, the beef or pork smoked sausages (or combination of both) have a bit more flavor.
But the turkey smoked sausage does seem to be a little less greasy than the beef and pork varieties.
For Serving
This one-pot meal is best when served in a shallow bowl so that the delicious broth can be enjoyed with each bite.
Then each serving can be topped with butter so that it melts on top of both the vegetables and potatoes.
And a light sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese tastes wonderful on this dish.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Cooked smoked sausage (turkey, beef or pork, or a combination), red potatoes, carrots, green cabbage, onion, cauliflower, garlic, broth (chicken, vegetable or beef depending on what kind of sausage is used), rice vinegar, salt, pepper and fresh parsley (for garnish).
Equipment – 5-quart slow cooker (crockpot) or larger
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
Sausage
Cut the sausage into bite-size pieces.
Brown the Smoked Sausage – Heat a skillet on medium heat and add the pieces of cut sausage to the pan.
As the sausage starts to brown…
…turn it over and brown each side.
TIP – Turkey smoked sausage doesn’t have as much fat in it as the beef, pork, or beef & pork combination does. If the turkey smoked sausage gets dry when browning it, a little bit of olive oil can be added to the pan.
Once all sides of the sausage pieces are browned (about 6 minutes),
…add them to…
…the slow cooker pot.
Onions, Garlic, Carrots and Potatoes
…to the slow cooker pot,
…add coarsely chopped onion…
…chopped…
…garlic…
…sliced carrots…
…and…
…quartered cut…
…red potatoes.
Cabbage, Broth, Vinegar and Seasonings
Next…
…add…
…coarsely chopped green cabbage…
…broth…
…rice vinegar…
…ground black pepper…
…and salt.
Stir, Cover and Cook
With a large sturdy spoon…
…mix the ingredients together.
Cover the slow cooker pot with a lid and cook on the:
- high setting for 4 hours; or
- low setting for 6 to 8 hours
For the Cauliflower
Add cauliflower one hour before the end of the cooking time.
To the cauliflower florets…
…sprinkle salt…
…and pepper.
One hour before the end of the cooking time…
…remove the lid on the slow cooker and add the cauliflower florets on top of the ingredients in the pot.
As quick as possible, put the lid back on the pot and let cook for the remaining hour.
After it’s done cooking, give the broth a taste test and add more salt if needed.
Serve
Serve warm in a shallow bowl.
Top with chopped parsley,
…butter and, or…
…grated Parmesan cheese.
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Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage, Potato and Vegetable Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 package (13 ounces) smoked sausage (turkey, beef, pork, or a combination of meat types) cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/2 of a large onion (white or yellow) (about 1-1/2 cups) peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 head of green cabbage coarsely chopped
- 1/2 head of cauliflower break apart in large florets
- 2 large carrots peeled and cut into "coins"
- 3 cloves (medium to large size) garlic peeled and chopped
- 6 medium size red potatoes cut into quarters
- 1 carton (32 ounces) chicken, beef or vegetable broth (depending on the type of smoked sausage used*) *i.e. if using turkey smoked sausage use chicken broth, for beef smoked sausage use beef broth, for a combination of smoked sausage meat types use the broth of your choice, or use vegetable broth if preferred.
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt or add to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley curly or Italian flat parsley (for garnish)
Equipment
- 5-Quart Slow Cooker (Crock-Pot) or larger
Instructions
- Browning the Smoked Sausage – Heat a skillet on medium heat and add the pieces of cut sausage to the pan. As the sausage starts to brown, turn it over and brown each side.
- Turkey smoked sausage doesn't have as much fat in it as the beef, pork, or beef & pork combination does. So if the turkey smoked sausage gets dry when browning it, a little bit of olive oil can be added to pan.
- Once all sides of the sausage pieces are browned (about 6 minutes), add them to the slow cooker pot.
- To the slow cooker pot add the onions, garlic, carrots, red potatoes, cabbage, broth, rice vinegar, salt and pepper.
- With a large sturdy spoon mix the ingredients together.
- Cover the slow cooker pot with a lid and cook on the high setting for 4 hours or on the low setting for 6 to 8 hours.
- FOR THE CAULIFLOWER – One hour before this is done cooking, add the cauliflower florets to the pot. To the cauliflower florets, add salt and pepper.
- One hour before the end of the cooking time, remove the lid on the slow cooker and add the cauliflower florets on top of the ingredients in the pot.
- As quick as possible, put the lid back on the pot and let cook for the remaining hour.
- After it's done cooking, give the broth a taste test and add more salt if needed.
- Serve warm in a shallow bowl. Top with chopped parsley, butter and/or grated parmesan cheese.
Notes
TIP:
Turkey smoked sausage doesn’t have as much fat in it as the beef, pork, or beef & pork combination does. So if the turkey smoked sausage gets dry when browning it, a little bit of olive oil can be added.One-Pot Recipes
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