Barbecue sausage and bean stew

[Eliza9917]

I've found this recipe and am thinking about making it tonight. I don't think carrot will go that well, what would you change it to?

Barbecue sausage and bean stew

Ingredients
1 tbsp sunflower oil
8 pork sausages
2 rashers smoked back bacon, chopped
1 red onion, peeled and sliced
2 carrots, sliced
200g button mushrooms
400g can cannelini beans, drained and rinsed
250ml barbecue sauce
2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan or sauté pan, with a lid, add the sausages and cook over a

medium heat for 5-6 minutes, turning occasionally or until lightly browned on all sides.

1. Remove from the pan and stir in the bacon and onions, cook for 2-3 minutes.

1. Stir in the carrots and mushrooms and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.

1. Return the sausages to the pan and add the beans.

1. Stir in the barbecue sauce, then bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and cook for 15

minutes, stirring occasionally.

1. Remove the lid and simmer for 5 minutes more or until the sauce has thickened slightly, the

sausages are cooked through and the vegetables are tender.

1. Stir in the parsley.

1. Serve in bowls with a chunk of crusty bread.

Sweet potato?

I'd go for red peppers & courgettes....

Carrot goes well in cowboy casserole, it’s a sweet veg and tastes fine. What won’t help is the speed with which this is cooked at, it should be cooked low and slow so the sauce thicken up and is nice and gloopy.

I used carrots in the end and changed the BBQ sauce to a tin of tomatoes. I added smoked paprika & peas too.

I do something like this, but with sweet potato instead of carrot.