This Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole recipe is packed with flavour. With crispy chorizo and sweet peppers, it’s a delicious midweek dinner. Shhh don’t tell anyone about the secret shortcut!
Hello autumn! And welcome back bonfires and woolly sweaters and casseroles my old friends.
You know I love a slow cooker recipe, but we can get stuck in a rut with the kinds of meat we’re using (if you’re indeed a meat-eater).
SO I needed to try and make a sausage casserole in slow cooker!
Mainly because sausages are such a big hit with the whole family, are versatile, inexpensive and ideal for keeping in the freezer.
This Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole (after much trial and error) is SO GOOD on all counts.
Smoky chorizo, wholesome beans and a thick, rich tomato sauce. Totally satisfying, hearty and delicious. I hope you love it as much as we do!
Why you’ll love this Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole recipe
⭐️ Packed with rich flavour
⭐️ Includes lots of hidden veg
⭐️ Secret shortcut of using baked beans!
What to serve with Sausage Casserole in Slow Cooker
- Baked potatoes
- Rice
- Potato wedges
- Cous cous – Love this as it’s super speedy.
- Add sliced chillis or chilli sauce
- Mashed potatoes
- Homemade chips
Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole Ingredients
- Sausages – I leave them whole but you could chop up if you like
- Chorizo
- Onion – I use pre-chopped frozen onions for speed, but you can use fresh
- Garlic – Same as above
- Celery
- Tinned chopped tomatoes
- Baked beans
- Tomato puree
- Cumin
- Sweet smoked paprika – Be careful not to use HOT. The outcome will be very different if you don’t!
- Beef stock cube
- Peppers – Red and yellow
Substitutions
- Beans – If you’re in the USA or you just don’t have baked beans, just substitute 2 cans of any other cooked bean and add 4 tbsp of extra tomato paste.
How to make Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole
- Pan fry the sausages and chorizo until browned all over. (If your slow cooker pan is the type that can be used on the hob too, you can do this in the pan.)
- Add all of the other ingredients into the slow cooker, give it a good stir and put on the lid.
- Cook on HIGH for 6 hours or LOW for 8 hours.
- Stir everything well and serve.
Leftovers
In the fridge You can keep this recipe in the fridge for 3 days. Reheat fully before serving.
In the freezer This recipe freezes well. Just wait until it’s totally cold and then put into a freezer proof container and freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost thoroughly before reheating.
Top tips for making Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole
Sausages
I like to use sausages with a high meat content (97% if you can get it) without too many other flavourings as there’s already a lot in the sauce. If you use smaller sausages like chipolata sausages, just reduce the cooking time slightly.
Peppers
The consistency of the peppers will depend on how you add them. If you don’t mind them soft, add them at the start with everything. If you like them firmer, add them to the slow cooker about an hour before it’s ready. If you’re not around to do this, you could chop and microwave them, covered, for 4 minutes, then add them into the casserole (or alternatively, quickly fry them).
FAQs
Sure. Cook at 160C for about an 1 hour or until the sausages is soft and tender.
I love this one (available to buy on Amazon) as it has a pan that you can use on the hob to brown your meats first and then transfer straight into the cooker. It’s very lightweight too.
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Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole {EASY recipe!}
Ingredients
- 8 Sausages
- 100 g Chorizo Cut into large chunks.
- 1 Large onion See notes.
- 3 Cloves of garlic See notes.
- 3 Sticks of celery
- 400 g Tinned chopped tomatoes
- 2 Cans Baked beans (2 x 415g tins)
- 2 tbsp Tomato puree
- 2 tsp Cumin
- 2 tsp Sweet smoked paprika See notes.
- 1 Beef stock cube
- 1 Red pepper See notes.
- 1 Yellow pepper See notes.
Instructions
- Pan fry the sausages and chorizo until browned all over. (If your slow cooker pan is the type that can be used on the hob too, you can do this in the pan.)
- Add all of the other ingredients into the slow cooker, give it a good stir and put on the lid.
- Cook on HIGH for 6 hours or LOW for 8 hours.
- Stir everything well and serve.
Notes
- Add them with all of the other ingredients before cooking, if you don’t mind them very soft, no probs!
- Add them to the slow cooker about an hour before the stew is due to be cooked, they will be just nicely soft – BUT this isn’t always possible if you’re not at home right?
- Here’s what I do sometimes: When the stew is ready, I pop the chopped peppers into a covered bowl and microwave them for 4 minutes before adding to the stew before serving (you could also quickly fry them if you don’t have a microwave).
Rachel says
Beautiful! Cooked the SLOW COOKER SAUSAGE CASSEROLE WITH CHORIZO & BEANS for the first time today and it’s such a hit!
Perfect comfort food for a rainy Autumn day!
Thank you! I love all of your recipes! X
Sarah Barnes says
Ahhh si glad it was a winner!
Kerry says
Quick and easy, loved by the whole family.
Will be a regular week night meal.
Sarah Barnes says
Yay! So happy you liked it.
Emma says
Do you chop the saussages or leave them whole?
Sarah Barnes says
I left them whole as I don’t like it when the skins peel off! But you could chop them if you prefer. If you watch the video you can see how I do it. Enjoy!
Penny says
Loved this recipe! So easy and tasty. Thank you!
Emma says
Amazing recipe. Thankyou.
Helen says
So good!! This meal was amazing 🤩
Sarah Barnes says
So glad you liked it Helen!
Char says
Fabulous recipe. Love your page. 😊
Colin says
I used red kidney beans, so good
Kayleigh says
Super delicious and easy to make!
Sonia says
This casserole was spot on, easy to prep, simple ingredients and very tasty with lots of flavour…. you just want to keep eating it! Made it last week and making again today, so looks like our new sausage casserole go to from now on – thank you 😋👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼
Justina says
Very easy to prepare and such an amazing meal. Definitely will be my family regular meal, btw my son love it.
Mim says
Made this last night and we LOVED it. Have already recommended it to a friend and I’m excited for the 2 leftover portions we have in the freezer!
Leanne says
Absolutely blumming delicious! Definitely a 10/10 would recommend! I think even my fussy eater is going to love this one. Thank you so much Sarah for the recipe.
Rae says
So easy and so delicious! We had it with mashed turnip for an extra veggie hit. Enjoyed by all the family (even the fussy little one!). Will definitely make again soon. Thank you Sarah for another fab recipe!
Carleigh says
Made this for my family and it was a massive hit! 2-12yrs and all loved it! Served it on top of pasta! Lovely!
Jen says
Made this yesterday for the family. Everyone from the 1 year old to the 41 year old loved it!! Quick easy prep for a great hearty family meal. This is definitely a new favourite in our house.
Fiona says
Made this for when we finished work tonight, had a senior moment & forgot all about the chorizo but it was still lovely & tasty will definitely be making it again and hopefully will remember to add the chorizo 😊
Emma says
Loved this recipe. We happened to have pork & chorizo sausages in the freezer so they went into our version. Had it with mashed potato one night and rice tonight and both were a winner. We used low salt stock to make it suitable for my 7month old son and he hoovered up his portion (minus sausages) with a big grin! Perfect family food. Thank you xx
Emily says
My two boys are really fussy and often don’t like it when I try new recipes but they loved this 😊. Thank you!
Pauline says
Very easy to make & thoroughly enjoyed it. Used paprika as couldn’t find sweet smoked paprika, 1 tin of baked beans & a tin of kidney beans. Cooked the sausages whole but sliced them up before serving as they didn’t look nice whole. Will make again as very tasty.😁👍
Julie says
Oh my word. Put this in the slow cooker today and had this evening. Wow. Winter warning food at its best but there’s only me so I halved the amounts and I’ve still got leftovers to freezer. Very tasty and will be making again. Win win.
Julie says
Oh my word. Put this in the slow cooker today and had this evening. Wow. Winter warning food at its best but there’s only me so I halved the amounts and I’ve still got leftovers to freeze. Very tasty and will be making again. Win win.
Claire says
Just made this – one of the best meals I’ve ever made/had 😀
AndiW99 says
Delicious! Made this with a load of cocktail sausages I had picked up cheap. Great flavour. Served with potato wedges for tea and then served leftovers with melba toast as a lunch. Love how your recipes are so simple to put together but are full of flavour. Thank you.
pnk says
What can i use instead of sweet paprika? and what other veg alternative than leeks
Keith says
Loved this dish
Amy Smith says
My not very adventurous two year just inhaled this! I could cry watching how much he was enjoying it, as we were eating exactly the same! Served with cheesy garlic flatbread – easy and delicious!
Tracy says
Made this tonight without the celery and it was so good!!! I put the peppers in at the beginning. Was so tasty!!
Rhiannon says
Absolutely LOVE this recipe. I cut the sausages up before frying them off. Perfect with a jacket potato – great slow cooker winner for us.
Marielle Phillips says
I’m officially a fan, Sarah! This is the third recipe I tried from this site and just like the previous two, this one’s perfect. So simple and so flavoursome. Already looking forward to my leftovers lunch tomorrow!
Ruth says
Ran out of time and so made this in the conventional oven. It’s a great recipe but definitely needs a lot long and higher temperature in the oven – came out with sausages soft, but onions still crunchy after an hour in fam oven at 160.
Put it back in for 30 mins more at 180 and could no longer taste the fluorine’s of the spices.
Boom!
Will def try it again, the proper slow cooker way!!!