Name: Portuguese Sausage Casserole
Ingredients: dried white kidney beans; chick-peas; olive oil; italian-style tomatoes; green pepper; breadcrumbs; onions; white kidney beans; chicken broth; bay leaves; potatoes; garlic cloves; dried thyme; dried basil; portuguese sausages; dried chick-peas

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Crowds

By Merry White

Published 1974

About

Sausages and beans are the basis for many casseroles that can provide a hearty but inexpensive meal for a crowd. You can experiment with different kinds of sausage (linguica, chorizo—or any good garlic sausage) and beans.

Ingredients

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Main course

Method

Have all ingredients soaked, cooked, chopped, and so on, as directed above.

Heat the oil in one [or two large] casseroles. Sauté the onion over medium heat until golden and wilted. Add the garlic, thyme, basil, and bay leaves and cook another minute. Add the tomatoes and their liquid, chopping them up as you add them.

If you are using canned beans and chick-peas, drain them in a