Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage, Potato and Vegetable Bowl
A hearty one-pot comfort food meal that tastes wonderful any time of the year.
Ingredients
- 1 package (13 ounces) smoked sausage (turkey, beef, pork, or a combination of meat types) cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/2 of a large onion (white or yellow) (about 1-1/2 cups) peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 head of green cabbage coarsely chopped
- 1/2 head of cauliflower break apart in large florets
- 2 large carrots peeled and cut into "coins"
- 3 cloves (medium to large size) garlic peeled and chopped
- 6 medium size red potatoes cut into quarters
- 1 carton (32 ounces) chicken, beef or vegetable broth (depending on the type of smoked sausage used*) *i.e. if using turkey smoked sausage use chicken broth, for beef smoked sausage use beef broth, for a combination of smoked sausage meat types use the broth of your choice, or use vegetable broth if preferred.
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt or add to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley curly or Italian flat parsley (for garnish)
Equipment
- 5-Quart Slow Cooker (Crock-Pot) or larger
Instructions
- Browning the Smoked Sausage - Heat a skillet on medium heat and add the pieces of cut sausage to the pan. As the sausage starts to brown, turn it over and brown each side.
- Turkey smoked sausage doesn't have as much fat in it as the beef, pork, or beef & pork combination does. So if the turkey smoked sausage gets dry when browning it, a little bit of olive oil can be added to pan.
- Once all sides of the sausage pieces are browned (about 6 minutes), add them to the slow cooker pot.
- To the slow cooker pot add the onions, garlic, carrots, red potatoes, cabbage, broth, rice vinegar, salt and pepper.
- With a large sturdy spoon mix the ingredients together.
- Cover the slow cooker pot with a lid and cook on the high setting for 4 hours or on the low setting for 6 to 8 hours.
- FOR THE CAULIFLOWER - One hour before this is done cooking, add the cauliflower florets to the pot. To the cauliflower florets, add salt and pepper.
- One hour before the end of the cooking time, remove the lid on the slow cooker and add the cauliflower florets on top of the ingredients in the pot.
- As quick as possible, put the lid back on the pot and let cook for the remaining hour.
- After it's done cooking, give the broth a taste test and add more salt if needed.
- Serve warm in a shallow bowl. Top with chopped parsley, butter and/or grated parmesan cheese.