Description
This Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole is rich, hearty, and comforting, featuring tender beef sausages, vegetables, and a savory tomato-based sauce. Perfect for an easy family dinner served with mashed potatoes, rice, or crusty bread.
Ingredients
8 beef sausages
2 red onions, chopped
4 carrots, sliced
140 g mushrooms, quartered
400 g chopped tomatoes
250 ml beef stock
1 tbsp tomato purée
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp mixed herbs
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp water
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
Fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the slow cooker on low heat while preparing the ingredients.
- Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the chopped onions and cook for about 5 minutes until softened.
- Add the sliced carrots and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer the vegetables to the slow cooker.
- In the same pan, brown the beef sausages on all sides for 5–8 minutes until nicely colored. Transfer them to the slow cooker.
- Remove excess fat from the pan if needed. Add the chopped tomatoes, beef stock, tomato purée, soy sauce, mixed herbs, salt, and black pepper. Stir well and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Pour the sauce mixture into the slow cooker over the sausages and vegetables.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours or HIGH for 4 hours.
- Halfway through cooking, add the mushrooms.
- Mix the cornflour with the water until smooth, then stir it into the casserole during the final 30 minutes of cooking to thicken the sauce.
- Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.
Notes
Chicken sausages can be used instead of beef sausages for a lighter version.
Add bell peppers, celery, or potatoes for a heartier casserole.
A splash of Worcestershire-style sauce or extra tomato purée adds richness.
Add chili flakes or smoked paprika for extra heat.
Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Serve with mashed potatoes, rice, pasta, or crusty bread.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 610 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 980 mg
- Fat: 40 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 24 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 32 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg
