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Crockpot Dirty Italian sausage and potato casserole

This Crockpot Dirty Italian Sausage and Potato Casserole is a big, hearty, flavor-packed dinner made with mild Italian sausage, thin-sliced potatoes, peppers, beans, corn, fire-roasted tomatoes, butter, and cheddar cheese. It starts with a quick cast-iron browning step, then lets the crockpot do the rest.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Course dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Italian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium onion sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper seeds and membranes removed, sliced
  • 1 green bell pepper seeds and membranes removed, sliced
  • 1 teaspoon Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning plus more for the top
  • 1 packet Sazón seasoning
  • Cracked black pepper to taste
  • 5 red potatoes sliced thin, no need to peel!
  • 1 pound mild bulk Italian sausage
  • 1 tablespoon beef bouillon base
  • about 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 15-ounce can low-sodium black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 16-ounce can dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • 15.25-ounce can can whole sweet corn, rinsed and drained
  • 14.5 oz can huntz fire-roasted diced tomatoes dont drain, use whole can!
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • ½ stick salted butter
  • 11 ounces freshly grated cheese 3 oz shredded cheddar in the pot and 8 oz of Colby Jack after cooking for the top!

Instructions
 

  • Step 1: Slice the onion, red pepper, and green pepper. Remove the seeds and membranes from the peppers, then slice the red potatoes thin.
  • Step 2: Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and peppers, then season with 1 teaspoon Tony Chachere’s, the Sazón packet, and a little cracked black pepper. Cook until softened and lightly browned.
  • Step 3: Add the mild Italian sausage to the skillet. Break it up and cook with the peppers and onions until browned and no longer pink.
  • Step 4: Scoop the beef bouillon into the sausage mixture and shake in the Worcestershire sauce. Stir everything together and let it cook for another minute.
  • Step 5: Pour the sausage, pepper, and onion mixture into the crockpot and then add in the rinsed beans on top
  • Step 6: Add your sliced potatoes in and sprinkle with chili powder over top
  • Step 7: Place the half stick of salted butter right over the top, then give it another sprinkle of Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning.
  • Step 8: Layer your 3 oz of fresh shredded cheese, then the corn and last the hunts on top
  • Step 8: Cook on high heat for 5-6 but for medium to low heat around 7-8!
  • Step 9: Shred 8 oz of cheese on top and let it melt!
Keyword crockpot, easy sausage and potato, italian
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