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CAMPFIRE STEW – EASY SLOW COOKER RECIPE LEARN NOW

 

This Campfire Stew recipe is a really easy way to cook gammon in the slow cooker. Packed with veggies and beans, it’s makes a tasty meal.

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INGREDIENTS

1 Large Onion See Note 1.

3 Cloves Garlic See Note 1.

400 g Tinned chopped tomatoes

2 Tins Baked beans (2 x 415g tins)

2 tbsp Tomato puree

2 tsp Cumin

4 tsp Sweet Smoked Paprika See Note 2.

1/2 tsp Mild chilli powder

3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

600 g Gammon joint Fat layer cut off. See Note 3.

2 Green peppers See Note 4.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.Put all of the ingredients (apart from the peppers SEE NOTE 4 below) into the slow cooker.

2.Cook on HIGH for 6 hours or LOW for 8 hours.

3.When the stew is cooked, microwave the chopped green peppers for about 3 – 4 minutes until just softened.

4.When the meat joint is cooked and tender, shred the meat with a knife or two forks and add in the green peppers.

5.Stir everything well and serve.

NOTES

Note 1 – Onions and garlic

I use pre prepared frozen, chopped here. An onion weighs about 150g, so replace with that pre chopped weight. Garlic is about 5g per clove so I use 15g (3 teaspoons).

Note 2 – Sweet Smoked Paprika

Be sure to use SWEET Smoked, not HOT. The outcome will be very different if you mix them up!

Note 3 – Gammon Joint

Slightly bigger is fine if you can’t get the exact size. Smoked or unsmoked to your taste is also fine.

Note 4 – Green peppers

I hate overcooked bell peppers, but you have 3 options here for adding the peppers:

Add them with all of the other ingredients before cooking, if you don’t mind them very soft, no probs!

Add them to the slow cooker about an hour before the stew is due to be cooked, they will be just nicely soft – BUT this isn’t always possible if you’re not at home right?

Here’s what I do: When the stew is ready, I pop the chopped peppers into a covered bowl and microwave them for 4 minutes before adding to the stew before serving (you could also quickly fry them if you don’t have a microwave).

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