Irish Coddle

Serve this stew with Irish soda bread.

Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 6 strips bacon
• 1 ½ pounds pork sausage
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 large yellow onion, peeled and diced
• 3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
• 3 large carrots, peeled and diced
• 1 cup beer, chicken broth, hard cider, or water

1. Cut the bacon into 1-inch pieces and add to a large nonstick skillet along with the sausage. Cook the bacon and brown the sausage over medium-high heat for about 10 minutes, breaking apart the sausage as you do so. Add salt, pepper, and the onion; sauté the onion for 5 minutes or until it is transparent. Drain the meat and onion mixture of any excess fat; discard the fat.
2. Spread ⅓ of the meat-onion mixture over the bottom of the slow cooker. Add the potatoes in a layer, sprinkling them with salt and pepper if desired. Spoon another ⅓ of the meat-onion mixture over the potatoes. Top that with the carrots in a layer. Spread the remaining meat-onion mixture over the top of the carrots.
3. Pour in the beer, broth, hard cider, or water. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until the vegetables are tender. Stir to mix; taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary. Ladle into bowls to serve.