Mandy's Big Mess

By Addie

If you like messy or not, you are not going to want to miss out on this mess. Dig into this light and scrumptious meal that you can easily freeze! It may look like a major mess. But the taste and aroma are purely divine!

Used 6-quart slow cooker

Submitted by: Mandy Marwitz

Ingredients

• 1 Pound of Eckrich smoked sausage, sliced (or your favorite brand)
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1 purple onion, chopped
• 1 Can of pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 Jar of sweet and sour sauce (or homemade)
• 1 Tablespoon of Tabasco sauce (may add more, to taste)
• Fresh jalapeño peppers

Details

Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Step One:
Place all ingredients in the slow cooker.


Step Two:
Cook on HIGH for 1–1 1/2 hours or on LOW for 3–4 hours, or until bell pepper and onion are tender.


Step Three:
Serve atop a bed of rice or by itself with a salad.

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REVIEWS:

Loved this I subbed Turkey Sausage and served it over rice and it turned out great.

This was great! I left the Tabasco sauce out. Too spicy for me. I thought it was yummy. I will definitely make it again!

I love all the colors in this recipe and it makes a ton of food! I thought it was a little on the sweeter side for me, so I’d probably half the sweet and sour sauce next time because the pineapple also adds some nice sweetness. Would also like to try this with chicken pieces. I served mine over couscous and it was very good for lunch at work this week. :)

A nice change from regular Sweet n Sour from the Chinese place down the road. Our family loves this including my picky husband who normally does not care for Chinese food. I am making it tonight again, and trying it with skinless turkey smoked

This one is making the next round for my freezer co-op! Yum, it was delicious just as written. Loved all the flavor. Will try the General Tso’s sauce too just for kicks. Yes, when you make it for the freezer, just dump it all in a bag and freeze it flat, even the sauce. That way you do not have to try to remember it later. Write the cooking instructions on the outside of the freezer bag prior to putting food in and you won’t even have to look up the recipe.

Loved this one! We used reduced-fat smoked sausage and didn’t add the hot sauce directly to the crock because of the kiddo. We did add the jalapeno to the crock and it wasn’t too spicy for our 20 month-old…she gobbled it down. This was so tasty and easy to make it will be in our regular rotation!

YUM YUM YUM!!!! This recipe has definately been added to my favorite dinners list! Served it over brown rice and used 2 packages of sausage! So good! :)

PS Used the Eckrich Smoked Turkey sausage 50% less fat…fabulous flavor and was buy one get one free at our grocery last week!

SOOOO good and soo easy! Tons of flavor!! A new favorite served over bed of rice and a fruit salad on the side. Only wished I had doubled it…not enough left overs for lunch the next day :)

My husband LOVES this! Thank you so much!

This will definitely be on my rotation list for dinners!! I served it over rice, scrumptious!! If you like a lot of meat, I would use 2 pounds of sausage next time, which I will be doing! Thx girls !!!

This was fabulous! I used Iron Chef brand General Tso sauce instead of the sweet and sour and I served it over Jasmine rice. The flavors were amazing!

They sure are Beth! Crockin’ made even easier :)

I will be giving this a whirl! So proud of your freezer cooking tout! Freezer cooking and crockin’ are the perfect combo!

Awesome JOB! Making this tomorrow night… Just need to get the Sweet and Sour!

Have not tried yet, but looks yummy. Have you tried serving quinoa instead of rice? Very tasy and nutritional, just a thought. My family likes it better than rice, this includes my two picky kids.

We haven’t subbed chicken for the sausage, but your sure can! Make it the way y’all will like it. I bet it will be yummy! Just be sure and cook longer, so the chicken gets done. 6-8 hours on low or 4 hours on high depending on how hot your crock cooks.

Got Mandy’s Big Mess in Crock Pot now! So easy, and smells wonderful! Can’t wait to taste!