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Smoked Sausage & Bean Casserole

Smoked Sausage & Bean Casserole, eat well on universal credit

We used dried beans as we have loads in our cupboards. But tinned Beans of any variety will work just as well and also cut down the cooking time. If you use tinned Beans remember to drain them as the Casserole will be very salty otherwise.

Ingredients:-

4 Smoked Sausages ( This we’re £1.49 from Home Bargains. You can get cheaper but we have to avoid Gluten for health reasons.) Roughly chopped
1 Onion, pealed and roughly chopped
2 Carrots, roughly chopped
2 Parsnips, pealed and roughly chopped
1 Stock Pot / Stock Cub. We used Beef, but it’s up to you.
1 Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
2 Tins of Beans of your choosing or 400g of dried beans soaked overnight
2 Cloves of Garlic, roughly chopped.
400g (half a small pack) of Baby Potatoes, halved
Mixed Herbs and a Bay Leave – Optional
Salt & Pepper to season
2 Tsp of Cornflour to thicken

Method:-

(1) Bung everything apart from the Potatoes and Cornflour in the Slow Cooker.
(2) Add enough water to cover everything, pop the lid on and power up at High of 4 hours.
(3) You might like to stir everything gently after a couple of hours.
(4) Add the Potatoes after 4 hours and stir in.
(5) Continue to cook for a further 45 minutes.
(6) Mix the Cornflour with a little water and stir in well.
(7) Cover and cook for a further 15 minutes.

We garnished ours with a bit of Parsley we grow on the balcony. Just to add a bit of colour.

The ingredients cost us almost exactly £4 and we ended up with 4 hearty servings. 2 we demolished last night, the remaining portions have been boxed and are in the freezer. So a pretty hearty and healthy meal for £1 plus a little cooking energy. Not bad going…...

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Cajun Chicken Burger with Spiced Rum Hot Sauce

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Cajun Chicken Burger with Spiced Rum Hot Sauce

 

There’s a tale behind this very odd recipe. We were given a bottle of Fairfax handcrafted Chocolate and Walnut Rum. Quite some gift! It was bankrupt stock and the label was damaged, the loss adjusters didn’t want it, but we’re not complaining. However neither of us drink spirits…

We’re not really into sweets as such so Sue cobbled this Cajun Burger gig together and it was really really good. A bit of a treat which we’d certainly not be able to afford without the gifted Rum!

General Ingredients:-

2 Chicken Breasts
Gluten free Bread Crumbs + 2 tea Spoons of Cajun Spice Mix
Gluten free Plain Flour
2 Eggs beaten
2 Gluten free Bread Buns
2 Eggs
Mayonnaise
Bacon
Cheese
Oil to fry

Ingredients for the marinade:-

Cajun Spice Mix
Sweet Paprika
Garlic Powder
Oregano
Salt & White Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Cumin
Thyme
A hearty slug of Rum

Ingredients for the Hot Sauce:-

The remaining marinade
Hot Sauce
BBQ Sauce
More Rum!
Lime Juice
Caster Sugar

Method:-

(1) Mix all the marinade ingredients and add the Chicken Breasts.
(2) Allow to sit in the fridge covered overnight.
(3) Remove the Breasts from the marinade and pour the remaining marinade into a sauce pan.
(4) Add the remaining Hot Sauce ingredients to the pan.
(5) Dredge the Breasts in Flour, then coat in the whisked Egg then dredge in the Bread Crumbs.
(6) Set your Hot sauce to simmer over a very low heat.
(7) Grill your Bacon until it is crispy and set aside.
(8) Fry the Chicken Breasts gently turning occasionally until cooked through and golden on both sides.
(9) Place the Bacon over the Chicken Breasts and then add a Cheese which will melt.
(10) Place under the grill.
(11) Dress the base of the bun with Mayonnaise and the top with your reduced and cooled Hot Sauce.
(12) Fry the Eggs until the Yoke is still runny.
(13) Build your Burger with the Eggs on top and secure with a skewer.

Served simply with some chips this was outstanding. I’m guessing we’ll never be able to order this in a restaurant and if we could we’d probably have to sell our souls and our Cat to afford it!!!!!
 

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