Easy and incredibly tasty slow cooker lasagna soup with creamy ricotta and parmesan cheese is the ultimate slow cooker dish you'll crave year-round. All the flavors of lasagna in a warm and comforting soup.
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 4 hourshours
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Total Time: 4 hourshours10 minutesminutes
Servings:6servings
Ingredients
1poundlean ground sausage
3teaspoons Italian seasoning, divided
1teaspoongarlic powder
1teaspoononion powder
115-ouncecan tomato sauce
115-ouncecan crushed tomatoes
4cupslow sodium chicken broth
1teaspoonsalt, or to taste
¼teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
8ounces broken lasagna noodles or short noodles, boiled til tender
⅔cup ricotta cheese, plus more for serving
handful of fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced or finely chopped
¼-½cupshaved or grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
Add ground sausage to a skillet, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, and saute over medium-high heat for about five minutes until browned. Transfer to slow cooker along with pasta, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, chicken broth, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and remaining Italian seasoning.
Cover and cook for 2 hours on high or 4-6 hours on low. About 30 minutes before serving, stir in ricotta cheese, re-cover and allow to cook for a half hour longer.
Just before serving, stir in basil. Serve topped with parmesan cheese and additional ricotta cheese and basil if desired.
Notes
Pro tip: serve with a dollop of ricotta cheese on top of each bowl.