Recipe: Delicious Red beans and rice with smoked sausage

Red beans and rice with smoked sausage. Stir in kidney beans, chicken broth, oregano, thyme and bay leaf. Season with Cajun seasoning, hot pepper sauce, salt and bay leaf. Red Beans and Rice with Sausage is a delicious, easy weeknight meal that has smoked sausage, red beans, rice and seasoned perfectly.

This is the best red beans and rice I have ever had, hands down. So flavorful and easy to make. I've been to New Orleans four times and have never had red beans and rice that compare. You can cook Red beans and rice with smoked sausage using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Red beans and rice with smoked sausage

1. Prepare Cup of diced celery.
2. You need Cup of diced yellow onion.
3. It's Cup of diced green pepper.
4. You need 4 of large garlic minced.
5. Prepare of Whole pack Cajun/smoked sausage sliced.
6. Prepare 32 oz of chicken stock.
7. It's 4 of Bay leaves.
8. It's 2 1/2 tbsp of Cajun seasoning.
9. Prepare 4 tbsp of butter.
10. You need 2 cans of red beans drained.
11. It's 6 tbsp of flour.
12. You need of Hot sauce to taste (I prefer crystal or zatarains).

Side note, if you can get your hands on it, savannah sausage andouille is fantastic. The only other that I think compares is Registers in the panhandle of FL. Red beans with smoked sausage served over rice makes for a delicious and hearty meal found in many Southern kitchens. My family loves red beans and rice and it's so easy to make.

Red beans and rice with smoked sausage step by step

1. Add 4 tbsp butter and a glob of oil. Add veggies and sweat down until really soft, remove and set aside..
2. Wipe pot down and add 2 tbsp of oil and sear sliced sausage until rendered then remove with slotted spoon and retain oil in the pan.
3. Add 4 tbsp butter to the pot and simmer lightly. Slowly add flour 1 tbsp at a time and make a dark chocolate roux. This method takes time and constant attention and whisking. If it starts to smell like slightly burned popcorn it's fine but if you have ever burned a roux then you will know it's time to start over..
4. Add veggies and simmer until slightly thickened(5 to 10 minutes).
5. Add chicken stock and stir until incorporated and then add sausage, beans, Cajun seasoning, bay leaves and bring to a simmer.
6. Simmer low covered but cracked, for about an hour and then check for seasonings, salt to taste but I only did a few grinds of salt (add 2 to 3 tbsp of hot sauce at this time).
7. Lightly smash some beans and low simmer for another 15 minutes and serve..
8. Serve with rice and top with green onions and crusty bread on the side.

Serve it with some Southern Cornmeal Hoecakes for a real comfort food dinner. Red beans, smoked sausage and rice can be made on the stove top or in the crock pot. Traditionally, red beans and rice is made with Andouille sausage, which is a smoked pork sausage originating from France, but also popular in Louisiana. If you can't find Andouille sausage, you can use any type of smoked pork or beef sausage that is available to you. Authentic Louisiana Red Beans and Rice Authentic Louisiana Red Beans and Rice.