I'm a big fan of lentils in the slow cooker. But, I changed it up a bit with this recipe. I remember as a kid, my dad would make polenta with tomato sauce and sausage. It was similar to this one. This slow cooker sausage and lentil stew with herbed polenta is easy to make and great for a family. It's great for winter weekday nights or weekends.
Ingredients:
1 lb Italian mild pork sausage
1 cup dried brown lentils, cleaned and pick through
1 large red or yellow bell pepper, diced
1 onion, quartered
2 cups vegetable broth
2 cans of diced tomatoes
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried parsley
½ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper
How to make Herbed Polenta:
1 liter ½ Vegetable and ½ Water
1 cup instant Polenta
1-2 tablespoon Italian herb mix
⅓ cup Romano cheese
3 tablespoon Butter
Instructions:
Sliced sausage into 1 inch pieces. Brown Italian sausage with a little olive oil. Put aside.
Layer lentils, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in the slow cooker.
Add canned tomatoes, browned sausage, sprinkle with oregano, crush red pepper, salt, broth and stir.
Cook on low for 6-7 hours.
Prepare polenta as instructed. Have everything ready because it takes 3 minutes usually. Add 1 liter of ½ vegetable and water into a 5 quart sauce pan. Then wait till it is boiling, add the polenta slowly, stir for 3 minutes or until the desired thinness. Add the Italian herb, romano cheese, and butter.
Serve polenta under stew and enjoy.
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Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian mild pork sausage
- 1 cup dried brown lentils, cleaned and pick through
- 1 large red or yellow bell pepper, diced
- 1 onion, quartered
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cans of diced tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- How to make Herbed Polenta:
- ½ liter Vegetable broth
- ½ liter Water
- 1 cup instant Polenta
- 2 tablespoon Italian herb mix
- ⅓ cup Romano cheese
- 3 tablespoon Butter
Instructions
- Sliced sausage into 1 inch pieces. Brown Italian sausage with a little olive oil. Put aside.
- Layer lentils, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in the slow cooker.
- Add canned tomatoes, browned sausage, sprinkle with oregano, crush red pepper, salt, broth and stir.
- Cook on low for 6-7 hours.
- Prepare polenta as instructed. Have everything ready because it takes 3 minutes usually. Add 1 liter of ½ vegetable and water into a 5 quart sauce pan. Then wait till it is boiling, add the polenta slowly, stir for 3 minutes or until the desired thinness. Add the Italian herb, romano cheese, and butter.
- Serve polenta under stew and enjoy.
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Jeri
This looks great. I've recently started to experiment more with my slow cooker for making meals, so I will give this sausage with lentil stew a try.
Sabrina
Awesome, Jeri. Please let me know if you liked it. Thanks for stopping by.