# Creamy Slow Cooker meal

- Total time: 240 min
- Category: Breakfast
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 onion
- 1 pound hot Italian sausage
- 2 pound frozen hash browns
- 1 packet ranch seasoning mix
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- 32 ounces chicken stock
- 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 block cream cheese
- chopped kale

## Instructions

1. Add one onion to the crockpot.
2. Add one pound of browned hot Italian sausage to the crockpot.
3. Add a two-pound bag of frozen hash browns to the crockpot.
4. Add one packet of ranch seasoning mix.
5. Add a little bit of salt, pepper, and garlic powder for good measure.
6. Pour 32 ounces of chicken stock into the crockpot.
7. Stir the ingredients in the crockpot.
8. Cover the crockpot and cook on low for 4 hours.
9. After about three hours, check that the potatoes are fork tender.
10. Add an eight-ounce block of grated sharp cheddar cheese to the crockpot.
11. Add one block of cream cheese, placing it right down in the middle.
12. Cover the crockpot and continue cooking on low until the cream cheese is melted.
13. Once the cream cheese is melted, mash up the potatoes a little bit to thicken the soup.
14. Add chopped kale to the soup and stir it in.
15. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- crockpot
- frying pan
- wooden spoon
- potato masher

## Tips

- If you don't like hot Italian sausage, just use mild.
- If you can remember to take the cream cheese out of the fridge and let it soften up, great. If not, just throw it in.
- The chopped kale is optional.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1NFHitcr1k/
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- Extracted: 2025-11-26

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