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Home » Recipe » Slow Cooker Recipes » Slow Cooker Sausage And Lentil Stew With Herbed Polenta

Slow Cooker Sausage And Lentil Stew With Herbed Polenta

Last Modified: February 15, 2023 Sabrina Quairoli This blog uses cookies. It also has affiliate links. We earn sponsored content income.

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I'm a big fan of lentils in the slow cooker.  But I changed it up a bit with this recipe. My dad made polenta with tomato sauce and sausage when I was a kid.  It was similar to this one. This slow cooker sausage and lentil stew with herbed polenta are easy to make and great for a family.  It's great for winter weekday nights or weekends.

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Slow Cooker Sausage And Lentil Stew With Herbed Polenta Ingredients:

1 lb Italian mild pork sausage
1 cup dried brown lentils, cleaned and picked through
One large red or yellow bell pepper, diced
1 onion, quartered
2 cups vegetable broth
Two 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

Slow Cooker Sausage And Lentil Stew With Herbed Polenta Instructions:

Sliced sausage into 1-inch pieces. Brown Italian sausage with a little olive oil. Put aside.

sausage in skillet browning

Layer lentils, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in the slow cooker.

Add canned tomatoes and browned sausage, sprinkle with oregano, crushed red pepper, salt, and broth, and stir.

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Add the remaining ingredients to slow cooker

Cook on low for 6-7 hours in the slow cooker.

lentils and sausage cooked in the slow cooker

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 saucepan.  Then wait till it is boiling, add the polenta slowly, and stir for 3 minutes or until the desired thinness. Add the Italian herb, romano cheese, and butter.

polenta cooked

Place the cooked polenta on the plate and then add the sausage and lentil stew to the top. Enjoy.

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You will need a slow cooker for this recipe. Here are some I found on Amazon (affiliate).

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Sabrina Quairoli
February 2, 2016
by Sabrina Quairoli
Cuisine Italian
Category Pork Recipes Recipe Slow Cooker Recipes Soup Recipes
Persons
6
Serving Size
1
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
7 hours
Total Time
7 hours, 15 minutes

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

  1. Sliced sausage into 1 inch pieces. Brown Italian sausage with a little olive oil. Put aside.
  2. Layer lentils, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in the slow cooker.
  3. Add canned tomatoes, browned sausage, sprinkle with oregano, crush red pepper, salt, broth and stir.
  4. Cook on low for 6-7 hours.
  5. 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.
  6. Serve polenta under stew and enjoy.
Calories
538
22%
Fat
27 g
41%
Saturated
10 g
50%
Carbs
49 g
16%
Protein
25 g
Fiber
6.8 g
24%
Sugar
4.4 g
Sodium
899 mg
37%
Trans fat
0.3 g
Cholesterol
75 mg
25%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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  1. Jeri

    February 03, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    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

      February 04, 2016 at 10:32 am

      Awesome, Jeri. Please let me know if you liked it. Thanks for stopping by.

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