This classic sausage stuffing is soft, fluffy and flavored with thyme, sage, fresh vegetables and pork sausage. Made in your slow cooker, this sausage stuffing serves up moist stuffing with those perfectly crispy edges making this the best stuffing you will ever have.

Slow Cooker Sausage Stuffing

If there is one savory side dish that doesn’t get enough action in my house, it has to be sausage stuffing. But as much as I love a good sausage stuffing recipe, I only seem to make stuffing at A) Thanksgiving and B) Christmas. That’s it!!

Why? We eat enough rice and pasta to float an ocean but my favorite sausage stuffing seems to never cross my mind.

Until now….

Stuffing my favorite Thanksgiving side dish and when you combine perfectly seasoned bread cubes, savory sausage, onions, celery and seasonings in the slow cooker and let it do the work for you… you have the perfect reason to make this easy holiday side dish all year long!

WHY THIS TRADITIONAL STUFFING RECIPE IS THE BEST!

The ideas of making the BEST sausage stuffing in the slow cooker just seemed too good to be true.

I mean, you are literally freeing up so much time, effort, oven space and casserole dishes by making this sausage stuffing recipe in the slow cooker. Once I made my sausage stuffing in the slow cooker, I won’t ever go back!

Combines all of your favorite savory flavors for the perfect sausage stuffing recipe.
Since your crock pot is doing all the work, it frees up your oven to take on everything else
So perfectly transportable. Talk about an easy holiday side dish to travel with.
It’s made in the slow cooker which is PERFECT for Thanksgiving and Christmas because it’s one less thing that chains you to your kitchen.
This recipe is made with store bought bread cubes, no need to spend extra time making your own croutons

To make this easy Crock Pot stuffing recipe, you’ll need:

Sage Pork sausage – Sage sausage brings a lot of Thanksgiving vibe flavors but feel free to use unflavored ‘regular’ sausage if you prefer. Both will be amazing!
Onion – Flavor and moisture
Celery – Adds that bit of crunch and helps keep your stuffing moist
Garlic – Everything is better with garlic 🙂
Parsley – Brings a bit of freshness and color to your stuffing recipe
Butter – Flavor!
Chicken broth or chicken stock – Helps keep your crockpot stuffing from drying out and add a lot of background flavor
Bread cubes – I grab the flavored dried bags of cubes popular around the holidays.
Seasonings – Easy way to add those feel-good flavors you expect from your favorite stuffing.

HOW DO YOU MAKE STUFFING IN YOUR SLOW COOKER?

To make your sausage stuffing in your crockpot, start by buttering the sides and bottom of the slow cooker. Then begin browning your sausage in a large skillet over medium high heat.

Break the sausage into small pieces and cook until no longer pink. While your sausage is cooking, add the garlic, celery and onion to a small food processor and pulse until chopped.

Add your veggies, half of the parsley and your sausage to a large mixing bowl followed by your bread cubes, spices and chicken stock.

Mix to combine well and then add it to the slow cooker.

Cover and cook on low for 4 -5 hours. Stir in the reserved parsley the last 5 minutes before serving so that it stays bright and vibrant.

PRO TIPS FOR MAKING CROCKPOT STUFFING

You can prep this recipe the day before you need it. Simply brown your sausage and chop your veggies ahead of time and refrigerate until needed. Then add them to your bread, spices and chicken stock, combine and then move to the slow cooker.
Mix up your sausage stuffing recipe by trying different types of sausage. I use Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage but there are spicy and flavored varieties to try along with meats like chorizo or Italian sausage.
Stop lifting the lid off the slow cooker. Let it do it’s job.
You can make sausage stuffing drying your own bread and making it all from scratch but my favorite is still taking a little bit of help from the store in that department so store bought bread cubes it is.
The secret to the Slow Cooker Sausage Stuffing not burning to the sides is buttering the slow cooker sides before adding in the stuffing.
Leftover stuffing will keep perfectly in the fridge for up to 5 days in an airtight container.

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Enjoy!

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