Easy Campfire Stew {Slow Cooker Recipe}

A slow cooker pan filled with cooked Campfire Stew and topped with spring onions.

5 from 60 votes

Easy Campfire Stew {Slow Cooker Recipe}

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 midweek meal.

Prep Time10

Cook Time6

Total Time6 10

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings: People

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

1 Onion (large) See notes
3 Cloves garlic See notes
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 notes
1/2 tsp Mild chilli powder
3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
600 g Gammon joint Fat layer cut off. See notes
2 Green peppers See notes

Metric - Imperial

Instructions

Put all of the ingredients (apart from the peppers - see notes below) into the slow cooker.
Cook on HIGH for 6 hours or LOW for 8 hours.
When the stew is cooked, microwave the chopped green peppers for about 3-4 minutes until just softened.
When the meat joint is cooked and tender, shred the meat with a knife or two forks and add in the green peppers.
Stir everything well and serve.

Notes

Onions and garlic: I use pre prepared frozen, chopped here. An onion weighs about 150g, so replace with that pre chopped weight. Garlic is 1 clove = 1tsp

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

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

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)

Your choice!

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