Creamy Cajun Red Beans & Rice

Name: Creamy Cajun Red Beans & Rice
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb Sausage; 1 lb andouille sausage; 1 1/2 cup Seasoning blend (onions, peppers, celery); 2 lb Dried kidney beans; 1/4 cup Dale's low sodium marinade; 1/4 cup liquid smoke flavor (hickory); 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce; 3 tbsp garlic powder; 3 tbsp onion powder; 3 medium bay leaves; 2 tbsp low sodium creole seasoning; 1 hot water; 2 stick butter; Cooked rice

Bayou Cajun Mama @BayouCajunMama

South Louisiana, USA

Red Beans and rice is a Cajun dish that used to be cooked on wash day. It's a meal you put on and slow cook for hours that way you can take care of the laundry! These days it is still a major part of Cajun cuisine. When money is tight I cook this using just 2 lbs of Manda sausage instead of using andoullie & Sausage. It's a good bargain but still flavorful sausage. The family can eat this for a few days served differently.

You can easily half this recipe to cook only one pound of beans. I have a large family and what's left over I will use to make chilli.

Bayou Cajun Mama @BayouCajunMama

South Louisiana, USA

You can easily half this recipe to cook only one pound of beans. I have a large family and what's left over I will use to make chilli.

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Ingredients

1 lbSausage
1 lbandouille sausage
1 1/2 cupSeasoning blend (onions, peppers, celery)
2 lbDried kidney beans
1/4 cupDale's low sodium marinade
1/4 cupliquid smoke flavor (hickory)
1 tbspworcestershire sauce
3 tbspgarlic powder
3 tbsponion powder
3medium bay leaves
2 tbsplow sodium creole seasoning
1hot water
2 stickbutter
Serving Suggestions
Cooked rice

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Steps

1

Rinse and Soak beans as you normally would.
2

Cut sausage, and andouille, brown well in skillet with seasoning blend. Let stick well to bottom without burning.
3

Add soaked beans to slow cooker or thick iron pot.
4

Add browned seasoning blend and sausages to the pot.
5

Deglaze the skillet. Add 1 cup water to skillet off heat, scrape all the brown up into the water making a dark flavorful broth. Add to pot.
6

Add all other seasoning to the pot.
7

Pour enough water to cover all ingredients. Slow cook on high in slow cooker for about 4-5 hours until tender to your liking. Or Slow cook in iron pot for 3-4 hours one a low med heat making sure not to stick, adding more water if necessary until tender to your liking.
8

After beans are tender turn off heat, stir in 2 sticks butter till melted, mash with potato masher, or back of spoon until creamy enough for your liking.
9

Serve over cooked rice.

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Bayou Cajun Mama @BayouCajunMama

on May 19, 2015 19:06

South Louisiana, USA

South Louisiana Cajun Mother of 4. Cajun cuisine and money stretching menu for large families. I am an Herbalist and holistic practitioner, and I like to incorporate that knowledge into my reciepes. I love cooking in my Texas Size Skillet and iron Pots! I love fermentation, sourdough bread, and other fun kitchen experememts. I have an old fashioned style of cooking that comes from shadowing my Grandma in the kitchen in the kitchen growing up, it was one of my favorite pastimes. Favorite seasonings are Tony Chachere's Cajun seasoning and Goya Total The Perfect Seasoning, I put them in almost every dish! I always cook with lots of love and a little magick! ✨