Slow Cooker Sausage and Cabbage is a easy crock pot recipe ready in 6 hours! Add Sweet Italian Sausage links and vegetables (potatoes, cabbage, carrots and onion!) into your slow cooker for a delicious comfort meal!
It’s Fall! It’s really fall! The leaves are changing, I need to wear a jacket in the morning, I prefer my coffee hot now. What else does Fall mean? Time to bring out the crockpot for my family’s favorite crock pot recipes!
You guys have been telling me that I need to share more of my slow cooker recipes, since you’ve enjoyed my Cabbage and Kielbasa and Cabbage Roll Casserole. So here I am – now it’s time to share Slow Cooker Sausage and Cabbage!
How to Make Slow Cooker Sausage and Cabbage Video
Slow Cooker Sausage and Cabbage
I love this crock pot recipe because of the ingredients and the directions.
The ingredients are basic, you might have everything in your kitchen already! The stars of the show are Sweet Italian Sausage, cabbage, potatoes, carrots and a onion. Close your eyes. Imagine the smell of your kitchen while this cooks. It’s going to smell SO GOOD!
Whenever I make this cabbage recipe, my husband can smell it in our hallway as soon as he steps off the elevator. He gets a little strut in his step because he knows it’s going to be a good dinner.
Easy Cabbage Recipe
This crock pot meal is hands down one of my favorite cabbage recipes! Cabbage in my opinion is a underrated vegetable, I try to cook with it a few times a month due to it’s value, both in price and in nutrition.
This recipe calls for 2 pounds of Sweet Italian Sausage. I buy the links and then cut them up into 2 inch pieces.
Alternatively, you could use ground sausage if you’d like to, but the dinner will be more of a casserole when finished, since you won’t have bite sized pieces of sausage.
Add all your cabbage to the slow cooker on the bottom.
Next, add in your diced potatoes.
Now add in your diced carrots. Carrots are currently my daughter’s favorite – can you believe that?
Add in your onion…. which is always one of my husband’s favorite ingredients!
One more layer… add in your Sweet Italian Sausage.
You’ll want to add chicken broth, salt, pepper, brown sugar and garlic into the slow cooker. This is going to make everything taste real good.
I sprinkle this on top so it covers all the pieces of sausage and the vegetables.
Easy Crockpot Recipe
Now close the lid and cook on LOW for 6 hours. You don’t need to do anything else!
No seriously, you don’t need to do anything. Just let it cook, the crock pot does all the work! Depending on how you want to serve this meal, you can make egg noodles or rice when there is a few minutes remaining. Sometimes we will make egg noodles, but sometimes we will just eat this with nothing else – it’s really up to you!
6 hours later…. YUM YUM YUM! Dinner is served!
Don’t you love that you have a full meal of meat and vegetables ready to serve to your family and it was so easy to make? This is the perfect meal for busy Fall weeknights, or even a Sunday when you have a million other things to do!
When I plate this meal, I always like to serve the vegetables on bottom and then put the sausage pieces on top. If you’re going to additonally make egg noodles, you can place them on the very bottom.
I love that each bite of the sausage has a taste of the brown sugar and garlic – it’s the perfect combo!
I also love that the vegetables are perfectly cooked. Your fork will easily slide through them, without them being too mushy or too hard. They’re perfect! 
Ok, I’ll stop talking now and let you make this recipe! Enjoy this Slow Cooker Sausage and Cabbage!
More Sausage Recipes
Italian Sausage Soup
Slow Cooker Sauerkraut and Sausage
BBQ Sausage Kabobs
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Slow Cooker Sausage and Cabbage
PrintIngredients
- 1 medium sized head of cabbage core removed and chopped
- 3 medium potatoes peeled and chopped
- 3 carrots peeled and chopped
- 1 small onion peeled and chopped
- 2 pounds Sweet Italian Sausage cut into 2 inch pieces
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
Instructions
- Add ingredients to the slow cooker in this order: cabbage, potatoes, carrots, onion and Sweet Italian Sausage.
- Pour chicken broth on top of all the ingredients. Sprinkle salt, pepper, brown sugar and minced garlic on top.
- Close lid and cook on LOW for 6 hours.
- If desired, serve on top of egg noodles or rice. Enjoy!
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Deb says
This is delicious!!! I’m not really a cabbage person but i have had to go back for seconds. The family say it’s one of the best things I’ve made. 10 minutes preparing time, can’t beat that and I cook all the time!
Pamela says
Hey Deb, your comment makes me so happy! I’m glad to hear it was a hit with your family, and that you liked it too! 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Vero says
I made this tonight. Thank you for a great recipe. I didn’t like the color of the sausage so I took it out and fried it up at the end. I know I’m extra lol. But I may try browning at the begining just for my fear of undercooked meat and the color. But yummy.
Pamela says
Hey Vero, I like that you’re extra! Hah. Glad to hear you liked the recipe, thanks for commenting! 🙂
Judith Mason says
Wont allow me to see the recipe unless I download some site that I do not want in my computer.
So your site is useless to me.
Cindy W says
when I was a kid my mom made this in a pressure cooker (cabbage, potatoes and polish kielbasa)
Any idea how would I make this in a regular pot on the stove?
{my crockpot broke last week—darn}
please help–I can’t wait to make this for my kids [i have been telling them about this recipe all week]
Paige says
I made this the other night. I was out of carrots so I left them out. Something about adding the brown sugar really made a difference because this was very delicious.
Pamela says
Hey Paige, I’m so happy you enjoyed this slow cooker meal. Thanks for commenting!
Connie says
Could you do this recipe in an instant Pot? If yes,
How long would you cook it?
The recipe sounds wonderful!
Pamela says
Hey Connie, I don’t see why you couldn’t make this in the Instant Pot. I have never made it this way though, so I don’t have accurate timing. If you give it a try, I’d love to hear how it turns out.
Kim says
This is an amazing recipe, making it tonight for the third time. Although I use hot Italian sausage. So so good. 😊
Pamela says
Hey Kim, thanks for commenting and letting me know you like this recipe! I love the switch to Hot Italian Sausage! Keep on enjoying!
Lori A Lubold says
do you stir this at all while it is cooking in the crockpot?
Pamela says
Hey Lori, I will usually just stir it at the very end with a few minutes left, just before serving. Enjoy this recipe!
Bill says
I like your recipe. I am wondering can I make a suggestion? For my crock pot, no potatoes, no carrots, no spices except use black pepper on top. For instance, cabbage, onions, cut up sausage, mushrooms and black pepper on top? Just asking. What do you think?
Pamela says
Hey Bill, you could definitely try that! I would just suggest adding the mushrooms half way through, so they don’t overcook. Enjoy!
Kim says
Do you take the skin off the Italian sausage before putting it in the crock pot?
Pamela says
No, I don’t. Enjoy the recipe!
Diana Rawlings says
What size crock pot?
Pamela says
I usually use my 6 qt for this. If you have a smaller one, you could reduce the amount of cabbage.
Stacey says
omg soo good.. My fav by far. I did however use a pound of mild and a pound of hot sausage. Also I added some crispy bacon, and half cup more broth.. love broth.. EVERYONE loved it and think I’ll be asked to make this for years to come.. YUMS~~
Pamela says
Hey Stacey, thanks so much for commenting! I’m so happy to hear it was a hit with everyone! Love the crispy bacon addition!
Tanya says
I made this for my family for our Sunday dinner today and it was amazing! I was skeptical of the amount of broth but the potatoes were perfect! Will add this to our meal plan now!
Pamela says
Thanks so much for commenting Tanya, I’m so happy to hear you and your family liked this meal!
Lior says
This recipe works very well and is very tasty, am on my second going of it now! Super useful for a student during assignment season !
I am wondering and may consider next time, if the sausages I use don’t have a very appetising colour (like the Italianate ones) they turn a bit grey once cooked, so possibly frying them quickly before to caramelise them a little for colour? I know it’s an extra step but might be useful
jim Rhea says
Is one cup of chicken broth enough to cover all the ingredients ?
Pamela says
Hey Jim, yes, it’s enough. The veggies break down nicely and everything tastes delicious. We just had this for dinner tonight – our house smells great!
Joan says
Can I use sweet potatoes instead?
Pamela says
Hey Joan, you sure can! Enjoy the recipe!
Patti-Ann Tanis says
Does this freeze well?
Pamela says
Hey Patti – Yup, sure does! Enjoy this recipe!
Chris says
I was gifted an immense cabbage and spent my morning branching and freezing. Let’s hope this works with frozen cabbage as well lol.