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Slow Cooker Beef or Turkey Layered Lasagna
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ready in:
over 5 hrs
over 5 hrs
8 reviews
ingredients
1 pound ground beef or turkey
1 medium onion, chopped
26 ounces spaghetti sauce
12 ounces cottage cheese
1/2 grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
12 ounces uncooked lasagna noodles
12 ounces shredded Mozzarella cheese, divided
directions
Brown the ground beef and onion in skillet. Drain. Add the spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
In a separate bowl, combine the cottage cheese, Parmesan, egg, and the mozzarella cheese except for 1/2 cup. Mix thoroughly.
Spoon a layer of meat sauce onto the bottom of the crock pot. Add two layers of uncooked lasagna noodles, breaking up the noodles as needed to fit. Top with a layer of the cheese mixture.
Repeat with sauce, noodles, and cheese mixture until all are used. Sprinkle top with reserved 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella. Cover; cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for approximately 3 hours.
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crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
797 calories, 38 grams fat, 67 grams carbohydrates, 44 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
July 11, 2013
This recipe took only about 5 hours in my crock pot. It was really good. I did thin the spaghetti sauce with a little water since others had mentioned that it could dry out. I'm not sure I needed to as it had plenty of liquid but it didn't seem to hurt it either. It was pretty much just like any other lasagna but with the ease of the crock pot!
November 18, 2010
My crock pot is very hot as it is newer, so this recipe turned out very dry for me. Next time I will definitely use a lot more sauce. If yours turns out dry like mine did, we ended up opening a jar of sauce and once it was on our plate we put the extra sauce over it. It was good when added the extra sauce.
June 28, 2005
This recipe is excellent! I used turkey and added some veggies and it was one of the best lasagnas I ever tasted. It was cooked thoroughly in about 3 hours on high and wasn't mushy like so many other pasta dishes in the crockpot.
March 17, 2004
This turned out very well. However, I have a hot crock pot for some reason and every recipe is down hours before it really should be. I let this cook for 4 hours and turned it off. If I would have let it go longer it would have dried out, it was starting to do just that. Just a word of caution in the event you have a hot crock pot. Otherwise, fabulous dish. Lasagna without all the work!
January 1, 2004
I make one just like this.. but use the No Boil noodles. I don't add meat, but use a package of thawed spinach. Add this to the cheese. (Make sure to squeeze out the water from the spinach. This is so EASY.
November 4, 2003
This was o.k. But I think the cooking time was the key. I cooked on low for 6.5 hours and the cheese burned a little around the top edges, and the texture of the cheese mixture was just not right. Also the cooking time resulted in the tomato flavor being too concentrated. I would drop the time back to 5 hours tops.
October 22, 2003
Great and easy. I added more cheese and substituted spicy Italian turkey sausage. Put it together the night before and froze it in the removable crock. The next morning before leaving for work, I loaded it in the crock pot, plugged it in to a wall timer set for 1:00pm and when I got home @ 6:00pm, dinner was ready.
February 1, 2003
This was really good, but I did make some adjustments. I made a lot of sauce (used 2 680 ml cans) and doubled the filling (used 2 containers of ricotta cheese, double the parm and mozzarella). I think that was a good move as it made a lot and tasted tremendous! I would make this again for sure!