This Creamy Crockpot Tortellini is a pasta dish the whole family will love! Made with sausage, spinach, tomatoes, cream cheese, and tortellini it is perfectly creamy & delicious.
Creamy pasta like crockpot tortellini is perfect for a rainy day indoors or after everyone gets home from work, school, or sports! Even better when served with a slice of garlic bread to soak up the extra sauce!
Slow Cooker Pasta Ingredients
A hearty blend of sausage, spinach, tomatoes, with cream cheese, and frozen tortellini, all cooked together in a crockpot and slow-cooked for a few hours. Just set it and forget it!
- If using frozen spinach, simply add to the slow cooker.
- If using fresh spinach, remove the stems before you toss it in the crockpot and chop finely.
- Ground sausage, beef, chicken, or Italian sausage links are also good in this recipe. Be sure to cook them first so you can drain any fat.
- This recipe uses frozen tortellini to ensure it doesn’t overcook. No need to thaw or pre-cook.
How to Make Crockpot Tortellini
The slow cooker is perfect for seemingly fancy recipes like Chicken Cacciatore or making easy, cheesy recipes like this one look like you worked all day!
- Brown sausage and onions (per recipe below).
- Drain and place the meat mixture and all the other ingredients in a 6 qt slow cooker.
It really IS that easy! You can even prepare it in advance and toss all the ingredients together while you do other things!
Do Not Overcook
In just a few hours this Crockpot sausage tortellini will be hot, bubbly, cheesy, and ready to serve! Tortellini doesn’t need long to cook, even right from frozen so be sure you check it after about 2 1/2 hours.
Once it’s done cooking, you’ll still see the cream cheese in cubes. Simply give it a stir until it’s all combined and creamy. Add some garlic bread, or croutons and a crisp green salad and dinner is served!
Saving/Reheating Creamy Crockpot Tortellini
If there’s any left, right? This awesome cheese tortellini and sausage entrée reheats perfectly on the stovetop or in the microwave! This is what makes it so great to take to work or school! It heats up super easy! Feel free to ‘freshen’ it up a bit with some salt and pepper or extra Italian seasoning.
Easy Crockpot Recipes
- Lasagna Soup – perfect weeknight dinner!
- Meatballs – tender & delicious ontop pasta!
- Lazy Crock Pot Lasagna – made with ravioli
- Mac and Cheese – comfort food at it’s best!
- Chicken and Noodle Soup – just 5 mins prep
- Crock Pot Sausage Pasta – so hearty!
Creamy Crockpot Tortellini
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian Sausage
- ½ small onion diced
- 3 ounces frozen spinach
- 28 ounces canned diced tomatoes with juice
- 8 ounces cream cheese cubed
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 16 ounces frozen tortellini
- 3 cups chicken broth
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese optional
Instructions
- Brown sausage and onion until no pink remains. Drain fat.
- Place all ingredients in a 6qt slow cooker.
- Cook 2 ½ to 3 ½ hours on low. Once cooked through, stir until sauce is smooth.
- Top with parmesan cheese if desired and serve.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Slow Cooker
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I have made this dish 4 times for my adult boys and they keep going back for seconds. I also made this for my friend and she wanted the left overs to keep instead of have another meal from it. This is a winner for sure. Thank you for sharing
A family favorite!
Should I cook this covered or uncovered? I’m worried that the liquid won’t cook off if I leave it covered.
Hi Misha, we always cook this with the lid on the crockpot with no issues! Enjoy.
I’m planning on making this tomorrow for our weekly family dinner. can I use ground sausage and chicken or should I use one or the other? my guest list is mostly male 17+… they EAT.
Hi Bre, you can use both if you prefer!
Can I use frozen ravioli instead of Tortellini? I’m going to double the recipe and make it for a potluck dinner
I haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure Nancy, but it should work just fine. If you try it I would love to hear how it turns out!
loved the taste and my son actually had two helpings plus the left overs. I was lucky to make sure I had 1 good bowl full. Thank you for a fantastic recipe.
Can I use dried tortellini. If so what do I add to the slow cooker so it’s not dry?
I haven’t tried this with dried so I can’t say for sure Nancy. If you try it I would love to hear how it turns out!
Tried this with 7.7 oz Aldi dried mushroom tortellini and it works great. Good for when you didn’t think ahead. I pulled frozen meat out and let sit in cold water until I could cut chunks off to brown. Cooked up onion with 50/50 burger & HOT Italian sausage (both venison) and 1 t my own mix Italian seasoning plus fresh garlic. 2 T tomato paste and about 1 Cup frozen Cali blend frozen veg went into meat near end, chopping it up.
Mixed this into crock that had been warming other ingredients– 1 can tomatoes, 2.5 cups hot water w/1 t better than boullion. 4 oz cr cheese block went on top– didn’t even cube.
Put on low for 2 hours. I have one of those older tall narrow Crock Pots that you cannot remove crock for washing.
Had about 1 C frozen peas sitting on counter defrosting a bit. Mixed those in with cream cheese at end. Turned off and let heat through.
We loved it! My boys absolutely devoured theirs. My oldest even have 3rds! We used pork instead of Italian sausage and stock instead of broth. Otherwise, we followed the recipe.
This one is going into my rotation for sure!
Sounds delicious, could I add cooked chicken breasts? Would I need more liquid?
Cooked chicken would be a great addition Denise!
My family loves it! They request it all the time.
How long would it take to cook in a pot on the stove top?
I have not tried this on the stove top so I can’t say for sure. If you try it I would love to hear how it turns out Pamela!
We absolutely LOVED this!!!!! Have made several times. ❤️
This was so good! Everyone liked their bowl clean! I will be adding this to the rotation.
OMG! This was so good. We could not stop eating it until it was gone and then we were sad!
I would like to use fresh spinach. Would I have to cook it before adding to the slow cooker?
No need to precook Rose. If using fresh spinach, remove the stems before you toss it in the crockpot and chop finely.
I have this recipe in my crockpot as we speak and it smells delicious! My question is how do you thicken it? Mine still seems so watery instead of creamy and I’m not sure why! Also I used out fresh pork sausage from the pigs we raised last year so I’m super excited about a new way to use our fresh pork!
If you are finding it too watery you could use a cornstarch slurry to thicken it.