Red Beans and Rice

Submitted by islandgirl77551

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

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 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!

 

[LA286570]

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! :)

 

[Stacky5]

Absolutely delicious!!! SOOO easy to make....I used the exact seasoning specified, and I couldn't be more happy! Although I only had 1/4 of the anduouille sausage that this called for, I added a couple of shakes of hot sauce to compensate. I also smashed some of the beans just because I like that "mashed" texture mixed with the whole beans. A definite keeper for me! And I will make this often. Thanks for posting this easy, yet very flavorful recipe! :)

 

[Troop Angel]

This was wonderful!! Although all I had was smoked sausage, next time I'd love to try the andouille sausasage. Still, this was so simple to make and tasted so yummy...we will definitely be making again! Thanks for posting such a great recipe!!