Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Slow Cooker Sausage, Cabbage, and Potatoes
Sausage, cabbage and potatoes make a very satisfying forkful when dinner calls for something hearty. The sausage brings a smoky edge, with tender vegetables to catch alongside it. Fill a bowl once everything is warm and soft, and enjoy a meal you can settle into.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 360 min
- Total
- 375 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 12 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Turkey
- Cuisine
- Irish · British & Irish
- Cooking method
- Slow cooker
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
A few quick notes
1. Soften onion before garlic
Cook the chopped onion in butter and oil until beginning to soften and turn translucent, then add the garlic briefly.
2. Brown sausage before slow cooking
Stir potatoes, sausage and seasonings into the onion mixture and cook until the sausage starts browning before transferring.
3. Keep cabbage for the end
Stir cabbage and roasted peppers into the cooker during the final thirty minutes, rather than at the beginning.
Get to know the ingredients
Small potato pieces
Cut the Yukon Gold potatoes into the listed three-quarter-inch pieces before their first cook with sausage and onion.
Jarred roasted peppers
The red peppers are roasted and from a jar, chopped before their late addition with the cabbage.
Smoked turkey sausage
The sausage is smoked turkey, with kielbasa offered as an example, and browns briefly before the slow-cooker stage.
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Wait for tender cabbage
Serve warm once the late-added cabbage and peppers have become tender in the cooker with the sausage and potatoes.
A little more help as you go
Use the specified cooker size
The directions transfer the initial cooked mixture to a five-quart or larger slow cooker before adding water and covering.
Freeze and thaw as directed
Freeze leftovers for up to three months, then defrost overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.
A few questions you might have
Does the cabbage cook the whole time?
It is stirred in only for the final thirty minutes, together with the chopped roasted red peppers.
What liquid goes into the slow cooker?
The directions add the small measured amount of water after transferring the cooked sausage, potato and onion mixture.
How long can leftovers stay refrigerated?
Keep it in an airtight container for up to three days. Microwave until heated through when reheating.
When is oregano added?
It goes into the first pot with potatoes, sausage, salt and pepper, before the mixture transfers to the slow cooker.
Does the garlic cook from the start?
Add it after the onion has softened in butter and oil, then give it the brief cook before potatoes and sausage.
Any more cooking tips?
TO STORE : Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days. TO REHEAT : Warm in the microwave for 1 to 2 minutes until heated through. TO FREEZE : Store leftover slow cooker sausage and cabbage in the freezer for up to 3 months. Defrost overnight in the fridge before warming.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: wellplated.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.