This dish was originaly published as a bean and rice dish only. I had to spin it and add a lil spice. The spices, chicken and garlic were added to give it a kick and a little substance. I have made this for several different occasions and people, everyone raves about it.I have done it with a ground Italian sausage and added more heat by using the (Ro*tel Hot) instead of the mild.I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and friends do.

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.

Needed something for dinner threw this together out of things left in the frig.

This meal is nice and very easy to prepare. I generally like to make my own gravy (with chicken stock), but the aim here again, and like Frank Sinatra sings … “nice-‘n-easy does it, every time.”

This is a filling, delicious meal that's quick and easy to prepare even on a weeknight. It's also pretty versatile and can be a vessel for many different types of veggies.

This dish is similar to the classic Cuban dish ... Arroz Con Pollo, but rather the rice (and beans) here are cooked separately. This is a recipe to get you comfortable with the dish before trying it out in a large pot, where the rice is cooked with the chicken in one pot and served family style.

This is my husband's creation, he's made it for years. Now that I do all the cooking, I make it. I realize it's not an original recipe, only a twist on something pre-made, but it is still delicious either way! *For a non-spicy version use the Kielbasa and no Cajun seasoning, for a little bit of spice use the Andoullie. Also tastes great with chicken.

This recipe is sort of a dump and run type dinner. It has all the flavor with very little muss and measure.

I just threw this together for dinner with what we had in the cupboards. Most of the ingredients are estimates except for the rice, chicken broth, and milk. So you might need to make slight adjustments.

#Win #Week9 #Jan #W3Couple of years ago, I gave a lecture at the University of Louisiana. New Orleans. Cajun is an ethnic group in French speaking Louisiana. Louisiana cuisine is almost like our hometown cuisine. Recipes include rice, spices, hot chili peppers. We dines at the very popular chef Emeril Lagassi ‘s restaurant. He made Cajun rice for us without the meat. Aromatic flavorful spicy hot rice with lots of vegetables. We loved it. For the first time I cooked it in my very own kitchen. time. A fusion recipe with Indian flavor. Instead of parsley I added coriander. Cajun rice is also popularly knows as dirty rice as the meat and fishy sauce included give the rice a dirty brown color. My recipe is not dirty; I didn't add meat or fish sauce. This is the vegetarian version of Cajun dirty rice

I came up with this recipe trying to find a side to eat with Jerk Chicken. My family doesn't care for the kidney beans or coconut milk that most traditional Caribbean rice dishes are made with so we tried something different. It came out great! Super flavourful!