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Slow Cooker Parmesan Garlic Pizza Pasta

Slow Cooker Parmesan Garlic Pizza Pasta

The ultimate comfort food for chilly nights! Slow Cooker Parmesan Garlic Pizza Pasta combines your favorite pizza toppings and pasta into one creamy, cheesy dish. It’s the easiest weeknight dinner to satisfy your cravings, and the leftovers are just as good!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours 15 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 25 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Calories: 480
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb lean ground beef uncooked
  • 1 cup sliced pepperoni
  • 1 tbsp dried minced onion flakes
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Bread Seasoning
  • 4 cups marinara/pasta sauce
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 8-oz shredded mozzarella divided
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 16-oz uncooked rotini or other short cut pasta
  • 1 gallon size ziplock freezer bag
  • 1 sandwich size freezer bag

Equipment

  • 6-qt Slow Cooker

Method
 

  1. Place ground beef, pepperoni, onions, garlic bread seasoning, pasta sauce, water, and half of the mozzarella cheese in a gallon size ziplock freezer bag. Place remaining mozzarella and parmesan cheese in sandwich size freezer bag. Freeze.
  2. When ready to cook: Remove the sandwich bag of mozzarella and parmesan cheese from the freezer and place it in the refrigerator to thaw.
  3. Place contents of gallon sized freezer bag into slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 6 hours. Break up meat with spatula.
  4. Add uncooked pasta. Cook for 15-20 minutes longer, until pasta is cooked. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese. Cover and let cheese melt, 5 minutes.

Notes

  • Tip 1: Do NOT cook the ground beef before adding it to the freezer bag. You just put it in the freezer bag raw, and it will cook in the slow cooker with everything else.
  • Tip 2: I used Johnny’s Garlic Bread Seasoning. Any garlic and herb seasoning mix will work fine.
  • Tip 3: Add the pasta to the slow cooker uncooked. It will cook in the slow cooker in about 15 or 20 minutes.
  • Tip 4: There is no need to thaw the contents of the freezer bag before adding it to the slow cooker.