Easy Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole Recipe

Get ready to indulge in this delicious hearty slow cooker sausage casserole recipe that's packed full of beans and vegetables that will leave you feeling satisfied. And the best part? It can be healthy depending on the sausages you choose.

If you don't have much time to cook, this hearty sausage casserole is the perfect recipe to come home to after work on a cold winter night.

With only 10 minutes of prep, it's made simply with pork sausages and beans slow cooking in a crockpot for hours.

And it's incredibly versatile because you can personalise it your perfect way for the whole family. Whether that be a potato-sausage mixture, turkey sausage, sweet potatoes, or other fresh vegetables.

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• ✔️ Why You'll Love this Recipe
• 🛒 Ingredient Notes
• 📋 Instructions
• 👩‍🍳 Substitutions
• ⚖️ Variations
• 🔪 Equipment
• ❄️ Storage
• 💡Pro Tips
• 🍽️ Serving Suggestions
• ❓ FAQ
• ➕ Slow Cooker Recipes
• 🍽️Pairing
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

✔️ Why You'll Love this Recipe

• Affordable
• Full of fibre
• Healthy with no excess fat
• Made with simple ingredients
• Great recipe with plenty of food for batch cooking
• Slow cooking means you can leave it to focus on other things

🛒 Ingredient Notes

Please see the printable recipe card with exact ingredient quantities and preparation instructions at the bottom of this post.

Low cooking oil spray - we use Fry Light for an unofficial Slimming World sausage casserole. Or olive oil for a healthy Mediterranean diet

Meaty pork sausages - or use a chicken sausage like Heck,

Baked beans - for a sweet hearty casserole, or use cannellini beans and add tomato puree

Tinned tomatoes - for a tasty tomato base, or use tomato sauce (passata)

Onions - red onion or green onions, halved & finely sliced, or use onion powder

Celery - diced for a subtle salty flavour

Bell pepper - this is yellow, orange, or red peppers. Note: not green peppers as they're not as sweet

Garlic cloves - minced, for a more complex flavour, or use garlic powder

Stock cubes - chicken or beef stock cubes and an oxo cube

Herbs and spices: paprika, oregano, mustard seeds, turmeric, fresh ginger peeled & grated, bay leaves, salt and black pepper

Balsamic vinegar - or Worcestershire sauce for some acidity to the pot

Water - to add moisture to the cooking pot

📋 Instructions

Tip: when adding the water and balsamic vinegar, use it to swirl it around the pan that you cooked the sausages in to add more flavour to this slow-cooker sausage recipe

👩‍🍳 Substitutions

Here are a few simple ways to adjust this simple crockpot sausage casserole for any special dietary needs:

• Nonstick cooking spray - swap for olive oil if not following a low fat diet
  
• Beans - swap for other beans like cannellini or butterbeans, etc
  
• Stock - use Gluten Free stock and sausages if needed and balsamic vinegar as opposed to Worcestershire sauce
  
• Sausages - use low fat sausages if preferred, polish sausage or alternatively, try pork chops
  
• Tomatoes - replace the canned tomatoes for a can of cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom soup for a creamy base
  
• Vegetarian - use vegetarian sausages or vegan and add extra vegetables, along with vegetable stock

⚖️ Variations

If you are looking for a different way to cook this crock pot sausage stew, then here are a few other ideas you can use:

• Spicy - use spicy sausage or hot Italian sausage and add chili flakes or red pepper flakes while cooking for high heat
• Deluxe - at the end of cooking time, stir in all the good stuff like sour cream, plain Greek yogurt, mozzarella cheese and crispy bacon for the ultimate flavour
• Budget friendly - swap half of the sausage for brown potatoes, or remove the skins from the sausage and break up in a small bowl before frying
• Kid friendly - add colourful vegetables to make it more appealing and use mild sausages and cut them into bite sized pieces

Another hearty stew you might like is my tasty chicken, bacon and bean casserole recipe.

🔪 Equipment

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• Slow cooker
• frying pan or large skillet
• Chopping board
• Chopping knife
• Measuring spoons
• Weighing scales
• Measuring jug
• colander

❄️ Storage

Storing - we prefer eating slow cooker sausage stew freshly cooked, but it can be stored in an airtight container refrigerated for up to 3 days.

Freezing - cool to room temperature and again, store in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.

Reheating - If you want to eat the next day, defrost in the fridge if required and microwave until piping hot, or on the hob or stove.

🍽️ Serving Suggestions

Potatoes: you'll notice my easy sausage casserole doesn't have potatoes in it, so why not serve with oven chips, shredded hash browns or crushed potatoes?

Flatbreads: turn this hearty slow cooker meal into enchiladas! Fill up some tortillas with the casserole mix and top with parmesan cheese. Then bake in the oven at 160c fan, 180c gas mark 4 or 350F for 30 minutes.

Bread: dip with finger food like warm crusty bread and crackers.

Cowboy Pie - mas up some boiled potatoes with milk salt and butter, then top your healthy sausage bean stew and sprinkle with some grated cheddar cheese. Then grill for 10 minutes.

❓ FAQ

➕ Slow Cooker Recipes

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🍽️Pairing

Here are some side dishes which we think are keepers for the recipe box when pairing with all of our casserole recipes:

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