freezer meal: hawaiian farmer sausage
This Hawaiian farmer sausage freezer meal combines smoky sausage with pineapple, colourful peppers, and a tangy tomato sauce that goes straight from a freezer bag into the slow cooker or Instant Pot. The recipe yields 6 complete meals at once, making it one of the most efficient batch-cooking dinners on the site.
Ingredients
- 6 lbs farmer sausage
- 12 bell peppers
- 18 stalks celery
- 12 carrots
- 6 cans diced pineapple
- 6 cans 798 ml or 27 oz diced tomatoes
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 6 tbsp brown sugar
- 6 tbsp soy sauce
- 6 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp black pepper
- cooked rice
Instructions
Assembly instructions:
- Using a permanent marker label 6 large freezer plastic zip bags with the recipe title.
- Slice the farmer sausages into coins and place 1 lb in each bag.
- Core and cut 12 bell peppers into large chunks. Place 2 chunked peppers in each bag.
- Slice 18 stalks of celery and place 3 sliced stalks in each bag.
- Shred 12 carrots and place 2 shredded carrots in each bag.
- Open and dump 1 can of pineapple chunks into each bag.
- Open and dump 1 can of diced tomatoes into each bag.
Measure the following into each bag:
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Seal the bags well. Lay flat to freeze.
Cooking instructions:
- Place bag in fridge to thaw for 24 hours before cooking.
- Slow Cooker: Dump contents of bag into slow cooker. Cook for 5-6 hours on low or 2-3 hours on high.
- Instant Pot: Cook for 7 minutes on high.
- Stovetop: Heat on medium heat, stirring occasionally until boiled. Remove from heat.
- Serve over cooked rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 440kcal
Servings: 4
Calories: 440kcal
