Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole

By: Deborah

This easy slow cooker sausage casserole is hearty, comforting and full of flavour. Let your slow cooker do the work for a satisfying family dinner.

PREP: 15

COOK: 3 20

TOTAL: 3 35

Servings: 4 people

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Equipment

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
8 pork sausages
6 rashers smoked streaky bacon or 3 rashers smoked back bacon chopped
1 large leek (approx. 330g) sliced and rinsed to remove any hidden dirt
1 clove garlic sliced
200 ml (⅘ cup) chicken stock
1 glass white wine (approx. 125ml)
a pinch of chilli flakes
2 tbsp tomato purée
3 roasted red peppers from a jar (approx. 280g) chopped
400 g (14 oz) tin borlotti, cannellini, haricot or pinto beans drained and rinsed
salt and freshly ground black pepper
a small bunch of flat leaf parsley roughly chopped

Instructions

Heat the slow cooker to high. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium high heat and brown the sausages all over, making sure you get a really good colour on them (around 8 minutes). Remove from the pan and set aside, then cook the bacon for 4 to 5 minutes, until crisp and golden.
Add the sausages and bacon to the slow cooker along with the leek, garlic, stock, wine, chilli flakes and tomato purée. Stir to combine well.
Cook for 2 hours then stir in the peppers and beans and cook for another hour. Season, to taste, then stir in the parsley. Transfer the cooked casserole to a serving dish.

Notes

Optional variations:
- Sausage and vegetable casserole - add more vegetables, like carrots and celery, cut into bite sized pieces, along with the sausages and bacon.
- Tomato sausage casserole - replace the wine and stock with a tin of chopped tomatoes and some dried thyme for a slightly lighter flavour profile.
- Sausage casserole with onion gravy - for a richer, more traditional flavour, use an onion-based gravy.
- Sausage and potato casserole - add suitable chunks of potato if you want a one-pot meal. Check the liquid level and cooking time to ensure the potatoes soften properly.
This slow cooker sausage casserole recipe is easily adapted if you’re cooking for less or more people, if you have a bigger slow cooker.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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