Description
We love cauliflower, eat it raw as a snack, roast or steam it, mash it for a potato replacement, add it to a salad, but enjoying it as a creamy casserole with layers of interesting flavor is a great way to brighten up the dinner table.
Ingredients
- 1 serving olive oil cooking spray
- 1 link sweet apple chicken sausage (such as Trader Joes®), cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1 large head cauliflower, cut into florets
- ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
- 6 ounces shredded pepper Jack cheese
- 4 slices bacon
Instructions
- Spray the inside of a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
- Spray a small skillet with cooking spray and add sausage. Cook over medium heat until sausage are browned
- 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to the prepared slow cooker. Add cauliflower
- cream cheese
- butter
- garlic powder
- salt
- pepper
- and red pepper flakes; stir to combine.
- Cover slow cooker and cook on Low until cauliflower is fork tender
- about 2 hours. Stir in pepper Jack cheese and cook for 30 minutes longer.
- Meanwhile
- place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
- turning occasionally
- until evenly browned and crispy
- about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and crumble once cool enough to handle. Sprinkle crumbled bacon over finished casserole.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 35 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins
Servings: 6