I love preparing a meal for the slow cooker knowing that when I get home from work later that day, the dinner should be ready to serve. This campfire stew is a fantastic winter warming meal that the whole family will love and it is super easy to do. It’s a perfect slow cooker meal for those on Slimming World too as it’s completely synfree.
We really love gammon in our house so we used a small gammon joint with all visible fat removed. When cooked from the packet, it can taste really salty so we always soak the gammon joint in a bowl full of water overnight to reduce the salty taste. The ingredients for this Campfire Stew meal are really simple but is delicious.
How to make Campfire Stew
Campfire Stew
A smoky bowl of campfire stew made in the slow cooker. A perfect winter warmer using a small gammon joint, beans and spices.
Ingredients
- Small gammon or pork joint (all visible fat removed)
- 1 chopped onion
- 3 crushed garlic cloves
- 2 chopped peppers
- 2 tins of baked beans (normal tin size)
- 1 teaspoon of chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon of smoked paprika
- 6 tablespoons of tomato puree
Instructions
- Remove all visible fat from gammon
- Chop vegetables and crush garlic
- Place all ingredients into the slow cooker
- Stir the beans mixture around the joint of meat
- Pop the lid on
- Cook for 6 hours on low
- Remove the gammon and shred into small bitesize pieces.
- Return the gammon to the slow cooker and stir
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
A great dish to be enjoyed with potatoes and seasonal vegetables or as a topping on a oven baked jacket potato
We have this for dinner regularly as it’s a great versatile dish. It makes 4-6 good sized portions depending on what you serve it with and how you eat it.
How to serve campfire stew
Campfire Stew can be enjoyed on it’s own or can be served with potatoes and seasonal vegetables. It’s delicious as a topping on an oven baked jacket potato. You could also serve it in a bread roll and have a smoky pulled pork sandwich!
Other ideas for campfire stew
Next time, I’m going to use all the same ingredients but add in mushrooms to bulk out the meal to include more than two vegetables. I’m sure you could add any of your favourite vegetables to bulk it out as long as they weren’t too strongly flavoured but perhaps you might like it like that. You could also add other varieties of beans or lentils.
This recipe is synfree on Slimming World and is perfect for Extra Easy SP days as there are no carbs in it at all, just lovely filling speed foods and protein. Yum!
Top tip: If you don’t like the saltiness of the gammon, soak the meat overnight in a bowl of cold water and drain before popping it into the slow cooker. Enjoy!
If you enjoyed this post, you might enjoy my other recipes to enjoy on Slimming World.
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This looks amazing! I love my slow cooker and love gammon, this looks like a winning combo! x
i’ll tell you now its bloody lovley, most delicious scran ive had in years
This sounds yummy! I haven’t tried the SP plan yet but I think I will in a couple of weeks. I would have to make a smaller version for me as my husband doesn’t eat ham but would be great to have in and lovely for the colder weather xx
I did this tonight for tea with butternut squash chips! Yum! Delicious! Thanks for sharing x
Our sw leader recommended this and just googled the recipe – your blog post was the first result and this looks yummy! Defo going to try this xxx :)
Can I miss the baked beans what would I substitute no one in the house likes them
Did any water go in this thanks
No, no water as you don’t need it!
This looks amazing – I’m trying it tonight for when we get home from a long day out :-)
Tried this a couple of times at a friends house and love it. Going to try making it tomorrow with chicken thighs instead of gammon just for a change.
This is the 6th one IVE made now. I am a walking legend with what I’ve accomplished doing these. My neighbour pesters me when I’m doing one. I purposely didn’t give him some of the last one hahahaha! He hates me… I’ve got one cooking now as I write this and it smells awesome.
Yummmm!!! All done and prepped and blipping away in my slow cooker as we speak!!!!
Doing another one and its huge. Bulked the portions right up. Yeeeeha
Hi, can you freeze this?
I haven’t tried to be honest but you probably could, only if the meat was fresh when cooked and not previously defrosted
Made tonight and tasted great, think ill add extra chilli next time to give a little more kick.
Hi Mrs Shilts! Quick one – what do you tend to serve this with? I’ve got some in my slow cooker as we speak but am not sure what to pop on to go with it tonight – jacket, wedges, rice?!
Whatever you fancy really, we usually have it with sweet potato wedges or a jacket potato, enjoy!
I see that sometimes canned baked beans is too sweet. Can i use homemade baked beans for this recipe?
Of course, use whatever beans you fancy :)
Just made it myself for the first time. I’ve added some celery,carrots and,mushrooms. Also a drop of water as it seemed a bit thick before cooking. It’s bubbling away at the moment.
Can you do it in the oven , gave my slow cooker to my daughter
Hi Dawn, I’m sure you could, you would just need to adjust the cooking times to ensure its cooked through
I’m wanting to try this tomorrow but will it be ok cooking for 9/10 hrs?! I’m not back in from work before then. Thinking of adding new potatoes into it too