Clare Andrews

Slow Cooker Cowgirl Stew

This slow cooker cowgirl stew recipe is from page 76 of The Ultimate Slow Cooker Cookbook. What I love about this recipe is that it is so very versatile and easy to customise. You also do not need to add the hot dogs; instead you could leave them out and just have this as a classic bean stew. I like to serve my stew with a crusty baguette, but it is also great on a jacket potato. It’s a classic winter warmer that the whole family will enjoy.

As the weather gets cooler, nothing beats a comforting bowl of stew for dinner to fill your belly and warm you up. And using the slow cooker makes preparing this hearty stew even easier. My son is not a big fan of kidney beans, so when I am cooking it for him, I simply leave them out and double up on the baked beans. But this is what I love about cooking: mixing things up to suit different tastes. My recipes are just a guide so feel free to customise them to your tastes!

PREP 5 minutes

COOK 3 to 4 hours on low

SERVES 4 people

KIT you will need a slow cooker.

Ingredients for slow cooker cowgirl stew

4 hot dogs, cut into bit-sized pieces

1 onion, peeled and sliced

2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes

Half a 400g tin of red kidney beans, drained and rinsed

2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon of brown sauce

1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

A teaspoon of paprika

1 tablespoon of tomato purée

1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped (or a handful of frozen chopped peppers)

A green pepper, deseeded and chopped (or a handful of frozen chopped peppers)

A 200g tin of baked beans

250ml of vegetable stock

A pinch of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve:

A fresh crusty baguette or loaf

Method

So firstly put the sliced hot dogs into your slow cooker, along with the sliced onion.

Then follow with the chopped tomatoes, kidney beans, Worcestershire sauce, brown sauce, cayenne pepper, paprika and tomato purée. Then stir it well and cook on low for around 2 hours.

Then add in the chopped peppers, vegetable stock and baked beans and season with salt and pepper, then stir well. Cook for a further 1 to 2 hours. But how long the peppers take to cook will depend on their size.

Enjoy a bowl of this simple yet delicious slow cooker cowgirl stew by a warm fire on a winter evening with some warm crusty bread to dip into the rich sauce. Here is the recipe for my air fryer bread rolls.

Similar recipes

If you love this slow cooker cowgirl stew recipe, then you might like my slow cooker beef stew, the slow cooker butterbean stew or the slow cooker chicken tinga recipe.

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