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Slow Cooker Sausage and Bean Stew

Thick, rich stew with budget sausages, butter beans and a smoky tomato gravy. Dump everything in the slow cooker and come home to dinner ready.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Servings: 4 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: british
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6 budget pork sausages
  • 1 tin (400g) butter beans, drained
  • 1 tin (400g) chopped tomatoes
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
  • 200ml hot water
  • 1 beef stock cube

Method
 

  1. Brown the sausages in a frying pan for 3 to 4 minutes - they do not need to be fully cooked through.
  2. Transfer the sausages to the slow cooker. Add the butter beans, chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic, tomato puree, paprika and mixed herbs.
  3. Crumble the stock cube into the hot water and pour over the top. Stir everything together.
  4. Cook on low for 4 hours or on high for 2 hours.
  5. Serve in bowls with crusty bread or over rice.