Tuscan White Bean and Sausage Stew
This is one of the best stew recipes you'll ever find! This tasty Tuscan White Bean and Sausage Stew will be a family-favorite during the cold, winter months. Jam-packed with delicious flavor and spices, you'll love the heartiness of this dish!
Serves6
Cooking Time29 min
Cooking MethodSlow Cooker
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound hot Italian sausage links
- 2 medium carrots
- 1 medium bulb fresh fennel
- 1 can (14.5-ounce) petite diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 4 garlic cloves, pressed
- 2 cans (15-ounce) cannellini beans
- 1 package of fresh basil
Instructions
- Remove casings from sausage. Cut in half lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1/2-inch nuggets.
- Place sausage into 4 quart (or 4 liter) casserole and cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally.
- As sausage cooks, peel carrots.
- Chop carrots and fennel; add to casserole and cook an additional 3-5 minutes, or until sausage is no longer pink and vegetables begin to brown.
- Stir tomatoes, broth and garlic into sausage mixture.
- Drain and rinse beans using small colander; add to casserole.
- Simmer stew, uncovered, 10-12 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- As stew simmers, chop basil. Remove casserole from heat; stir in basil. Serve immediately.
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amatlin
Jan 29, 2016
This is one of my favorite winter soup recipes to make. It is easy and tastes incredible.
Bob H
Jan 07, 2012
Bobh1933 Jan 7, 2012 I'm making this but will do it from "scratch" except for the tomatoes. I'll not use Italian Sausage but plain Johnsonville Brats! The fennel will be enough Italian flavor. I want to be able to taste the other ingrediates!!
kerrywright 266814 8
Nov 04, 2011
no fennel at store so decided on leeks and mild sausage...oh wow! great! Kids ate the whole pot!
JennyBee1
Nov 02, 2011
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sbessette 2720737
Oct 30, 2011
Had anyone firgured out the calorie count or the weight watchers points for thie wonderful stew???
skidellpac 6195418
Oct 05, 2011
This is a great recipe. I knew that hot spicy sausage might be too much for me so I used mild turkey sausage. I also added some onions. It is really delicious. Sandy
Susie1
Oct 03, 2011
I made this stew and it was delicious! My local farmers market didn't have fresh fennel, but the closest to it was Anise. I used diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano with no added salt instead of plain petite diced tomatoes and also dried basil instead of fresh. I also used Johnsonville hot Italian sausage. It will definitely warm you up on a cold day! Loved it! I think even a little pasta would have been great to add to it too!
cseggen1 2365169
Sep 29, 2011
Sounded very good but the spice from the itialian hot sausage spoiled it all. Very spicy-could not taste other flavors plus was expensive to make for 6+ servings. Will not make this one again.
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