Red Beans and Rice

islandgirl77551's Note:

A cajun staple. Simple but, so good! Serve it with a slice of Nawlins crusty french bread.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 lb dried red kidney beans
• 8 cups water
• 1 onion
• 1 lb andouille sausage (or smoked sausage)
• 1 tablespoon cajun seasoning (more if you like)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• salt

Directions:

1. Rinse and clean beans good.
2. Put into a large soup pot.
3. Add water.
4. Slice onion and sausage into beans.
5. Add cajun seasoning and garlic powder.
6. Bring to a boil and let boil 15 minutes.
7. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2-3 hours, until beans are tender.
8. Salt to taste.
9. Serve over hot cooked rice.

Reviews

[Lady Amazon]

I am from New Orleans, I live about 6 minutes away from the French Quarter on the Westbank. This is a good recipe. I follow the recipe on the back of the dried kidney beans ( use camille brand) and I do it in a slow cooker and towards the end i take out about a cup of beans and mash them and add back to pot and it thickens them.Some times I add hot dog wennies to them also which is how my mom made them for us kids in place of sausage.(budget friendly version)LOL!

[lauralie41]

Very good! I used smoked sausage for this recipe and omitted the salt. An inexpenisve and very tasty meal!

[LA28]

Insanely delicious!! Used low-fat smoked sausage (all I had on hand), and Miss Annie's Cajun Seasoning #28100. I had to add more water as it cooked - it was probably simmering a little high. This is one of those perfect meals that are inexpensive, simple to make, really filling, and super tasty! Thank you for posting!! Update: made this again and covered while simmering - didn't have the water problem (should have known! hehe) Thanks again! :)