Recipe: Appetizing Easy Sausage & Bean Stew

Easy Sausage & Bean Stew.

You can cook Easy Sausage & Bean Stew using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Easy Sausage & Bean Stew

1. Prepare of oil (veg or olive is fine).
2. You need of medium onion, chopped.
3. It's of large carrot, cut into 1/4" cubes.
4. It's of large stem celery, chopped.
5. It's of large cloves garlic, chopped.
6. Prepare of bay leaf.
7. Prepare of cumin.
8. You need of black pepper.
9. It's of dried thyme.
10. You need of paprika.
11. You need of dried oregano.
12. It's of ketchup.
13. Prepare of salt to start.
14. You need of vinegar (apple cider preferred, but white or red wine will work in a pinch).
15. Prepare of Worcestershire sauce.
16. Prepare of can of beans of choice, well drained (I used pinto.).
17. Prepare of sausage link, cut into 1/4" thick coins (I used plain smoked sausage.).
18. You need of unsalted chicken, beef, or vegetable stock (water's fine in a pinch).
19. You need of optional: 1 Tablespoon hot sauce of choice.

Easy Sausage & Bean Stew step by step

1. Preheat the oil in a pot to medium and sweat the onion, carrot, celery and garlic until the onions turn translucent..
2. Stir in the bay, cumin, thyme, paprika, oregano, and ketchup..
3. Add the vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, beans, sausage, and stock, (and also your hot sauce if you choose to add it) stir to incorporate, turn the heat down to medium low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes..
4. Adjust the seasoning if needed (but remember all the flavors - especially the salt - will intensify a bit during the next step where you're cooking partially uncovered and the liquid reduces)..
5. Crush about 1/3 of the beans with a masher, turn the heat to low, and simmer with lid askew for another 15 minutes. Crushing some of the beans releases their starch and thickens the sauce..
6. Enjoy over steamed rice. (Or with crusty bread or mashed potatoes or whatever works for you.).