Lighter Cajun Red Beans and Rice
photo by FLKeysJen
- Ready In:
- 51mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 30 ounces canned red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 8 ounces low-sodium tomato sauce
- 2 2 red bell peppers or 2 red capsicums, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 2 cups brown rice
- 1⁄3 cup fresh chives (for garnish) or 1/3 cup scallion, chopped (for garnish)
directions
- Cook the rice according to the package directions. (I allowed 50 minutes of cooking time, which allows plenty of time to do the advance preparation of the vegetables.).
- Meanwhile, coat a large nonstick skillet with nonstick spray and warm over medium-high heat.
- Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until tender.
- Stir in the beans, tomato sauce, bell peppers (or capsicum), oregano, thyme, and hot pepper sauce.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes, or until the flavors are blended.
- Serve the beans over the rice.
- Garnish with the chopped chives or scallions.
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Reviews
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Extremely delicious and easy both. My electric skillet must run hot. The onions started to brown and double tomato sauce turned into a paste that coated everything. However, the flavor was excellent, and I'd intentionally do it the same way again. It was really delightful biting into little bursts of fresh green pepper. I didn't miss sausage at all.
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While this recipe was tasty, it probably go into regular rotation at our house. The oregano was too much for my personal taste and the end result was quite dry so I would probably try to boost up the liquid content. That said, the fact that this is a healthy, fibre filled recipe is a huge plus. I added some sundried tomato and kalamata olive veggie sausages. Made for the French leg of ZWT5
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
KateL
Joppa, Maryland
I love to eat yummy healthy foods!