Easy jambalaya/red beans and rice

Name: Easy jambalaya/red beans and rice
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Half link Cajun sausage (8 oz) diced; 10 oz rotel not drained (I’ll add the juice to the pot and then fine dice the tomatoes and then add them); 14 oz drained red beans or kidney beans; 2 1/2 cups chicken stock (more if needed); 2 large fresh jalapeños finely diced (1 jalapeño for less spice); Tsp oregeno; Tsp thyme; 1/2 tsp cayenne if you like it spicy; Tsp Creole/Cajun seasoning; 8 oz par cooked minute rice (2 of the small cup microwave minute rice); 2 large minced garlic cloves; Small yellow onion finely diced

Chef Bryce @ChefBryce

I love Cajun food and this is using what I have in house and the garden. It’s a cross between red beans and rice and jambalaya. This is in no way your normal technique but it is absolutely delicious and easy.

Chef Bryce @ChefBryce

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Ingredients

3 to 4 servings

Halflink Cajun sausage (8 oz) diced
10 ozrotel not drained (I’ll add the juice to the pot and then fine dice the tomatoes and then add them)
14 ozdrained red beans or kidney beans
2 1/2 cupschicken stock (more if needed)
2large fresh jalapeños finely diced (1 jalapeño for less spice)
Tsporegeno
Tspthyme
1/2 tspcayenne if you like it spicy
TspCreole/Cajun seasoning
8 ozpar cooked minute rice (2 of the small cup microwave minute rice)
2large minced garlic cloves
Small yellow onion finely diced

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Steps

1

Sauté the sausage and set aside
2

Add jalapenos and onions, sauté until really soft and add the garlic until fragrant
3

Add rotel, chicken stock,beans sausage and seasonings and bring to a boil, cover and lower to simmer for about 30 to 45 minutes
4

Check for seasoning and then mash the mixture with a potato masher until it thickens.
5

Take you rice and break it up in a bowl until separated then add the rice and simmer low for another 15 to 20 minutes covered, Serve with green onions and bread or saltines.