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Meat Vegetables Breakfast Holiday leftovers Lunch / Dinner Main Courses

Sausage and vegetable stew

Published: 12.25.2022 ยป Last updated: 12.25.2022

Got leftover vegetables and sauce from your holiday meat or chicken stew? Don't throw them away. Create a new dish by combining them with chunks of sausages and be amazed at the result.

Sausage and vegetable stew cooked with holiday leftovers

I don’t usually give leftover vegetables a second thought. Leftover meat, yes, I can recycle with imagination. But vegetables? Most of the time, they are either already overcooked and, worse, falling apart. It happens when they sit in the hot sauce for a long time.

But I make an exception with root vegetables leftover from a meat stew. Potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes. Unlike more delicate vegetables (think leafy vegetables), root vegetables have a better chance of retaining their shape. And because they had soaked up the flavors of the meat and the sauce, they are delicious.

In this recipe, leftover vegetables and sauce from a pot of spicy beef kaldereta were simmered with lightly fried sausages and onions to create a new stew with a slightly different flavor profile.

Frying sausages and onions

How does the new stew have a different flavor? Sausages are flavored differently. Some are spicy, some are sweet, others are oozing with garlic… Take your pick. Once you have, then, you’ll have a good idea on what the final flavor of your new stew will be.

Whatever sausage you choose, you’ll need to cut them into bite-size pieces before lightly frying them in butter to give them better texture. If your chosen sausage is on the spicy side, you might want to temper the heat by adding sweet onions during the frying stage.

Reheating leftover vegetables and sauce from beef stew

While your sausages fry (and the onions soften), reheat the vegetables and sauce from your leftover stew in another pan. Do this over low to medium-low heat to avoid overcooking the vegetables. Reheating over low heat also reduces evapotation which can make the sauce dry up.

Combining sausages with vegetables and sauce leftover from beef stew

Once the sauce and vegetables are simmering, dump the sausages (and onion, if using) with all the drippings into the pan with the leftover vegetables and sauce. Stir to distribute the sausages.

Sausage and vegetable stew cooked with holiday leftovers

Simmer for a few minutes. Not too long because all the ingredients are already cooked through. You’re just simmering everything together to allow the flavors to blend.

Sausage and vegetable stew

Connie Veneracion
Not all vegetables and sauce from leftover stew can be recycled this way. Root evegetables that had been sitting in a flavorful sauce in the fridge are ideal.
Sausage and vegetable stew cooked with holiday leftovers
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine Accidental
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 300 grams sausages - cut into bite-size pieces
  • 2 onions - (optional) peeled and diced
  • 3 to 4 cups root vegetables and sauce - leftover from meat stew
  • salt - (optional) to taste
  • pepper - (optional) to taste

Instructions
 

  • Heat the butter in a frying pan.
  • Dump the sausages (and onion, if using) and fry gently until lightly browned.
  • While the sausages brown, in another pan, reheat the leftover vegetables and sauce.
  • When the sauce is simmering, add the sausages (and onions) with all the pan drippings, and stir.
  • Simmer, covered, for a few minutes.
  • Taste. Add salt or pepper, or both, if needed, before serving.
  • Enjoy with bread for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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Keyword Holiday leftovers, Sausages

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Hi, I’m Connie!

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