Red Beans and Rice (Cajun)

Name: Red Beans and Rice (Cajun)
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 10 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 lb dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight; 1 lb andouille sausage, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 1 green capsicum, diced; 3 stalks celery; 4 cloves garlic; 2 tsp Cajun seasoning; 1 bay leaf; 6 cups water or broth; white rice to serve; hot sauce

Louisiana Monday tradition — slow-cooked red beans with andouille sausage and rice. Mashing some of the beans against the side of the pot near the end thickens the dish into that creamy, almost gravy-like consistency it's known for.

Total time

610 min

Prep

480 min

Cook

130 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Mediterranean

comfortvegetarianhearty

Ingredients

1 lbdried red kidney beans, soaked overnight

1 lbandouille sausage, sliced

1onion, diced

1green capsicum, diced

3 stalkscelery

4 clovesgarlic

2 tspCajun seasoning

1 bay leaf

6 cupswater or broth

white riceto serve

hot sauce

Instructions

Sauté sausage; sauté trinity vegetables and garlic.

Add beans, water, bay leaf, and Cajun seasoning.

Simmer 2 hours until beans are creamy.

Mash some beans for thickness. Serve over rice with hot sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

175

Protein

11g

Fat

0.8g

Carbs

32.4g

Fiber

Sodium

90mg

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