Low Calorie Sausage Casserole Slow Cooker Recipe
A comforting, budget-friendly slow-cooker sausage casserole with vegetables and beans.
Ingredients
Sausage casserole
- 8 reduced-fat pork sausages Choose a product suitable for your needs and check the label.
- 1 medium brown onion Diced.
- 2 medium carrots Sliced.
- 2 sticks celery Sliced.
- 2 cloves garlic Finely chopped.
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- 400 g tin cannellini beans Drained and rinsed.
- 500 ml reduced-salt chicken stock
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce Check the label for allergens and suitability.
- Freshly ground black pepper To taste.
Instructions
Method
- Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Brown the sausages on all sides, then transfer them to the slow cooker.
- Add the onion, carrots and celery to the same pan and cook for a few minutes until beginning to soften. Add the garlic and tomato purée and stir briefly.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, cannellini beans, stock, smoked paprika, mixed herbs, Worcestershire sauce and black pepper to the slow cooker. Stir carefully to combine.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours, until the sausages and vegetables are cooked through and the sauce is bubbling.
- Check the seasoning, then serve hot with vegetables or a suitable accompaniment.
Notes
Cooking times are based on established slow-cooker sausage-casserole methods. Check that sausages are cooked through before serving and follow the instructions for your own slow cooker.