Slow cooker lasagne recipe

Name: Slow cooker lasagne recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 6 h 25 min
Total time: 6 h 45 min
Yield: 4 - 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 tsp. vegetable oil; 1 onion, finely sliced; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tsp. dried oregano; 1 tsp. dried basil; 400 g beef mince; 675 g passata; 1 tsp. sugar; 1 beef stock cube, crumbled; 6 x fresh lasagne sheets, torn to size; 500 g bechamel or cheese sauce, we used Waitrose Cook’s Ingredients; 75 g Cheddar, grated

Let the slow cooker do the work with this hands-off lasagne recipe

By The GH Kitchen TeamUpdated: 21 July 2025

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Our ultimate easy, midweek-friendly, slow cooker lasagne recipe. Serve with steamed buttered greens, or a crisp green salad.

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Yields:

4 - 6 serving(s)

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

6 hrs 25 mins

Total Time:

6 hrs 45 mins

Cal/Serv:

375

Ingredients

2 tsp. vegetable oil
1 onion, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. dried basil
400 g beef mince
675 g passata
1 tsp. sugar
1 beef stock cube, crumbled
6 x fresh lasagne sheets, torn to size
500 g bechamel or cheese sauce, we used Waitrose Cook’s Ingredients
75 g Cheddar, grated

Directions

1. Step 1Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the onion and a pinch of salt and cook for 10min, until softened. Stir in the garlic and dried herbs and cook for 1min, until fragrant. Increase heat to high and add the mince, stirring occasionally, until browned all over, about 10min.
2. Step 2Stir in the passata, sugar, stock cube and some seasoning, mixing until the stock cube dissolves. Remove pan from heat.
3. Step 3To assemble, spread 1/3 of the beef mixture in the base of the slow cooker bowl, then lay over 1/3 of the pasta sheets in a single layer to cover. Top with 1/3 of the bechamel or cheese sauce. Repeat layering twice more, ending with the bechamel or cheese sauce. Sprinkle over the Cheddar, cover and cook on low for 6hr.
4. Step 4Serve with a crisp green salad, if you like.

For a meat-free version swap the beef mince for a plant-based alternative and the stock cube for veggie.

If you like this recipe, you'll love our classic lasagne recipe.

For a cheat's version, check out our 5-ingredient meatball lasagne.

Per serving (based on 6 servings):

Calories: 375
Protein: 21g
Total fat: 23g
Saturates: 10g
Carbs: 20g
Total sugars: 9g
Fibre: 1g

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The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time

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