Easy Sausage Casserole
This easy sausage casserole has a smooth thick gravy and is a hearty and warming dinner the whole family will love.
Servings 4
Calories 651kcal
Ingredients
- 12 Pork Chipolata Sausages or use 8 thick pork sausages
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Red Onion peeled, halved and sliced
- 2 Garlic Cloves peeled and chopped
- 1 Carrot peeled and chopped
- 1 Red Pepper sliced
- 1 teaspoon Thyme
- 1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- 1 tablespoon Plain Flour
- 2 tablespoon Tomato Puree
- 600 ml Chicken Stock
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large shallow casserole with lid and brown the sausages on a medium heat. Remove to a plate and set aside.
- Add the sliced red onion and garlic and cook on a medium heat until the onion has softened (about 4-5 minutes)
- Add the chopped carrot and red pepper and cook for a further 3-4 minutes.
- Add the flour, thyme and smoked paprika and stir for 1 minute.
- Pour in the stock and add the tomato puree. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat to low. Put the sausages back into the pan at this point.
- Simmer with a lid on, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season before serving.
Notes
Variations:
- Swap the pork sausages for veggie sausages to make it vegetarian-friendly.
- Use different vegetables in the casserole such as mushrooms, courgettes, spinach or leeks.
- If your kids struggle with eating vegetables just use the ones you know they will eat, even if that means there's just carrot! A handful of frozen peas or sweetcorn could also be added for the last 10 minutes of cooking.
- Up the protein by adding a drained can of butter beans or cannellini beans for the last 10 minutes of cooking.
- Make it spicy by adding 1 teaspoon chili powder at the same time as the smoked paprika.
- Use beef stock for a richer flavour, or vegetable stock if you're making this vegetarian-friendly.
- Use fresh thyme instead of dried if you have it to hand.
- Make this in your slow cooker. Just chuck everything into your slow cooker basin and cook on low for 6-8 hours. I advise reducing the stock to 500ml if you decide to slow cook it.
Nutrition Facts
Easy Sausage Casserole
Amount per Serving
Calories
651
% Daily Value*
Fat
33
g
51
%
Saturated Fat
8
g
50
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
259
mg
86
%
Sodium
2241
mg
97
%
Potassium
1255
mg
36
%
Carbohydrates
16
g
5
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
6
g
7
%
Protein
69
g
138
%
Vitamin A
4049
IU
81
%
Vitamin C
51
mg
62
%
Calcium
90
mg
9
%
Iron
5
mg
28
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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