Crockpot Loaded Hash Browns

Total Time: 9 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb bulk lamb sausage
• 1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
• 5 cups frozen diced hash brown potatoes
• 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese with jalapeno pepper (4 ounces)
• 1 small red sweet pepper, chopped
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed fiesta nacho cheese soup
• 1/4 cup water
• shredded monterey jack cheese with jalapeno pepper (optional)
• thinly sliced fresh jalapeno (optional)
• salsa, and (optional) or dairy sour cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until sausage is brown and onion is tender. drain off fat.
• 2 line a 3-1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker with a plastic slow cooker liner. in prepared slow cooker, combine sausage mixture, hash browns, the 1 cup cheese, sweet pepper, and mushrooms. in a medium bowl, combine soup and the water. pour over hash brown mixture in cooker; stir to combine.
• 3 cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 9 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 4-1/2 hours. stir before serving. if desired, top with additional cheese and sliced jalapenos. if desired, serve with salsa and/or sour cream.