Pork Banger & Kale Stew

A Winter-Warmer

I love a good stew in winter. There is something comforting about a steaming bowl of stew on a chilly evening. This Pork Banger and Kale Stew combines the savoury flavours of sausages with the earthiness of kale, in a rich, flavourful broth.
It’s a simple, rustic dish and as it is quick to prepare it is perfect for a weeknight meal!

Ingredients to make Pork Banger & Kale Stew

• olive oil

• 2 onions

• 1 green pepper

• 4 cloves of garlic

• 2 lemons

• 10g fresh coriander chopped

• ½ teaspoon crushed chillies

• 2 fresh bay leaves

• 500g pork sausages

• 1 tin of lentils

• 2 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes

• 750ml vegetable stock

• 300g large handful of kale

How to Prepare Pork Bangers & Kale Stew

1. Peel and slice the onion, then add to a pan with 1 tablespoon of oil. Fry for 5 to 7 minutes, or until softened.

2. Slice the green peppers and add to the pan with the onions.

3. Peel, finely slice and add the garlic, then peel 3 strips of zest from the lemon. Add to the pan along with the spices and bay leaf. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes.

4. Fry and then chop the sausages.

5. Pour in the tomatoes, lentils and stock, and bring to a simmer. Let it bubble away for 20 minutes.

6. Chop and add the kale to the pan. Cook for another 5 minutes.

7. Zest the lemon and sprinkle on top and add a squeeze of lemon and finally the chopped coriander just before serving.

Enjoy! Please tag me on Instagram if you’ve made this recipe, I’d love to see it! 

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More Pork Recipes

Below the newsletter block, you will find some more pork recipes.

If you enjoyed this pork bangers and kale stew, I can also recommend you try this Gammon Sausage Bake at Christmas time, when Pick n Pay stocks these festive gammon sausages. And for leftovers on Boxing Day, these Gammon Braai Broodjies are a winner! In summer, pork rashers on the braai are delicious and if you buy ready-made garlic rolls at Pick n Pay and make a yoghurt/mayo coleslaw, you just add some pork rashers and you’ll have a delicious but easy-to-make roll (find the recipe for the pork rasher roll here)!

If you love bacon, you should try my Beetroot Salad with Whipped Feta, Bacon , Roasted Olives and Toasted Pecan Nuts.

And why not make your own Bacon Jam from scratch?

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About Shawn Godfrey

Photo credit: Niki M Photography

Shawn Godfrey is an entrepreneur based in Cape Town, South Africa. After the Covid-19 lockdown saw his business in financial distress, cooking was the creative outlet that helped to keep him sane. To keep track of his recipes, and encourage friends and families to join him, he starts his instagram account The Roasted Dad.

Fast-forward to late 2021 - on a whim Shawn (encouraged by his wife Lianne) enters MasterChef South Africa. It is a crazy time of life: running a 200 people business and struggling to keep it profitable, two small children with a third on the way, and about to move into a new house. But when Shawn gets selected to be one of the 20 contestants participating in the fourth season of MasterChef South Africa, he decides to go all in. Leaving his 7-month-pregnant wife to look after their then three and one-year-old children, he battles it out and comes back home five weeks later with the trophy and a million rand prize money in his pocket.

It all started with an Instagram account, but The Roasted Dad is so much more now. Shawn has stayed his entrepreneurial self and whilst he hosts Private Dinner Parties and Cook-with-Me Demos, does Restaurant Take-Overs, he still runs the lighting company and several other businesses.

On his blog, Shawn shares Restaurant Reviews and Accommodation Reviews, and gives an insight into the wild and wonderful life he leads together with his wife Lianne, and their three children Aiden (7), Olivia (5) and Harvey (3).

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