Red Beans and Rice

Name: Red Beans and Rice
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 10 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500g dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight; 400g smoked andouille sausage, sliced; 1 large onion, diced; 4 stalks celery, diced; 1 green bell pepper, diced; 6 cloves garlic, minced; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp dried thyme; 1/2 tsp cayenne; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 2L chicken stock; cooked white rice to serve; green onion and hot sauce to garnish

A Monday tradition in New Orleans, simmering creamy red kidney beans with smoked sausage and serving them over fluffy white rice.

Total time

600 min

Prep

480 min

Cook

120 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

500gdried red kidney beans, soaked overnight

400gsmoked andouille sausage, sliced

1large onion, diced

4 stalkscelery, diced

1green bell pepper, diced

6 clovesgarlic, minced

2bay leaves

1 tspdried thyme

1/2 tspcayenne

2 tbspvegetable oil

2Lchicken stock

cooked white riceto serve

green onion and hot sauceto garnish

Instructions

Sauté sausage in oil until browned. Remove.

Cook onion, celery and green pepper in the same pot 8 minutes.

Add garlic, bay, thyme and cayenne. Add beans and stock.

Simmer 1.5-2 hours. Mash some beans for creaminess. Return sausage.

Serve over white rice with green onion and hot sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

296

Protein

15.6g

Fat

Carbs

43.6g

Fiber

12g

Sodium

1939mg

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