Kitchen

[151949]

I saw a recipe on FB for crockpot lasagna and decided to give it a try yesterday. It was not a good experience at all. It was very soupy - lots and lots of liquid! i had used the no cook noodles and drained all the liquid from the ricotta too. I saved the leftovers and today I baked them in a casserole and it was much better. I do not recommend making lasagna in a crockpot.

[denisemb]

I hear you. I tried Bob Warden's pressure cooker lasagna and that's the first time I threw out lasagna. I'll stick with the oven baked version, thanks.

[oceantown]

Do you think it could have been because you used the no-cook noodles? Is that the specific kind the recipe listed?

[oceantown]

This recipe looks good. Is it similar to the one you used? This calls for sausage, but you could use ground beef.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/slow-cooker-lasagna/23546794-7262-47be-9ca4-e12c900399a1

This one looks like it is worth a try. I may try it and come back with a review.

[oceantown]

I was looking again at the betty crocker recipe for crockpot lasagna. I was noticing that it uses 5 uncooked lasagna noodles on each layer, broken in pieces to fit. (15 noodles total) In my crockpot (round shape) 5 noodles would not fit in a single layer. I guess you would use the 5 noodles on each layer anyway? If I used less noodles than the recipe listed, it would probably be too saucy.

[colliemom4]

Thanks for the post. I was wondering about how this would turn out but I never tried making it.

[peachesncream]

I made a version of crockpot lasagna once. It called for uncooked lasagna noodles, broken up.

We didn't like it much. The noodles had a chewy consistency.

When my family hears I'm making lasagna, they expect the dish they grew up on. They don't really want me to spring some imposter dish on them LOL.

[Poodlepet2]

I made a batch not too long ago using no cook noodles. It turned out just fine- there was enough to feed an army. I felt bad, but my freezer was packed, and I ended up tossing most of it out. Poodlepet

[gkelly]

I have a recipe for the crockpot, only made it once years ago and it wasn't soupy at all. In fact the person I got the recipe from said that they used more sauce than called for but I didn't. I used what the recipe called for & it was a little dry! I will try to find my recipe if interested and post it.