Hoosier Stew Recipe

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Originally from Indiana, green beans, potatoes, and smoked sausage make for a hearty and comforting meal.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Low Lactose, Vegetarian

Servings: portions

Calories: 241kcal

Author: Helene Dsouza

Ingredients

2 Potatoes large
2 cups Green Beans
1 Onion
2 cloves Garlic
2-3 Sausages
1 Tablespoon Oil or Butter
32 Ounce Broth Beef or Chicken
½ Teaspoon Salt
¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper
1 cup Water

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Instructions

Prepare your produce and the sausages before you start cooking. Peel the potatoes and cut them into bite-sized chunks. Cut the green beans into inch (2 cm long pieces), chop garlic small, slice onion and slice sausages. Keep the potato and beans together, but the garlic, onion, and sausage separate.
2 Potatoes, 2 cups Green Beans, 1 Onion, 2 cloves Garlic, 2-3 Sausages
In a medium-sized pot, heat the oil or butter and stir in the sliced onions. Sauté your onions for a few minutes or two over a medium heat setting, or until they soften a bit.
1 Tablespoon Oil, 1 Onion
Continue to add in the chopped garlic and sliced sausages. Stir, cook over a medium-low heat setting for a minute.
2 cloves Garlic, 2-3 Sausages
Now throw in the potato chunks and green bean pieces. Mix it all and keep on a medium-low flame. Cook for a minute or two, stirring occasionally so that the potato pieces don't stick to the bottom of your pan.
2 Potatoes, 2 cups Green Beans
Deglaze with the broth and water. Season with salt and black pepper.
32 Ounce Broth, ½ Teaspoon Salt, 1 cup Water, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper
Cover the pan, keep on a medium heat setting, and wait for the rolling boil.
Simmer and cook down the stew until all ingredients are cooked through, and you are satisfied with the consistency.
Serve up hot.

Notes

If you use frozen green beans, simply cut them up while they are still frozen, don't thaw them. If you thaw them, they will get soggy in your stew. You can use french green beans too and, of course, canned green beans.

32 oz Broth = 1 carton or 5 cups. As an alternative, you can use a bouillon cube dissolved and mixed in hot water too.

The stew is often served with almost no liquid left, but you have the option to serve it the way you like it. Uncover if you want fewer liquids and if at the end you think it looks too dry, you can mix in and heat another ½ cup (120 ml) or so of water.

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