Southwestern Smoked Sausage Stew Recipes

SOUTHWESTERN SMOKED SAUSAGE STEW

Steps:

• Combine everything in a crock pot.
• Heat on low for 6-8 hours.
• Enjoy!
• If you like it as a soup instead, just don't drain the vegetables.

SMOKED SAUSAGE STEW

Steps:

• Place vegetables in a saucepan with consomme or broth, water, bay leaf and pepper.
• Heat to boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for ten minutes.
• Add potatoes; cook ten minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Mix small amount of liquid with flour to make a paste; stir into vegetables.
• Add sausage.
• Cook, stirring occasionally until sausage is hot and liquid is thickened.
• Add salt to taste.
• Top each serving with Parmesan cheese.

JULIE'S THICK AND TASTY BEEF & SMOKED SAUSAGE CAMP STEW

Steps:

• Combine the Thick Stuff ingredients and simmer until soft.
• Drain liquid, put in a food processor and whir until mostly smooth; put into a container to take to the event with you.
• Cut up the beef into cubes, the sausage into rounds, and the veggies as indicated above.
• Put them into containers (I use Ziplock bags) to take with you.
• Mix together the spice mixture from the onion soup, garlic powder, curry powder, oregano, basil, thyme, and sage; put into a Ziplock bag.
• When you're ready to cook it all, place the meat and veggies in a big pot and add water to cover.
• Add the spice mixture and stir well.
• Put over heat (I've done this with propane campstoves and in covered Dutch ovens with charcoal -- both ways work fine) and simmer for 1 hour.
• Add the Thick Stuff and simmer another hour, stirring occasionally, adding liquid as necessary for desired thickness.
• Makes a thick, rich stew serving anywhere between 8 to 10 people, depending on how hungry you are.