Yield: 6 Servings
Easy Red Beans and Rice
Easy Red Beans and Rice is a bold and flavorful dinner recipe! Creamy red beans are cooked to perfection with sausage, ham, and a bounty of savory Southern seasonings.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 2 celery ribs, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 ½ teaspoons Cajun seasoning
- 1 12.8 ounce package smoked andouille sausage, thinly sliced
- 3 cans, 15 ounces each red beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 ham hock
- 1 pound smoked ham, diced
- 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped, plus extra for serving
- 1 jar pickled okra, for serving, optional
- Louisiana hot sauce, for serving, optional
- 1 cup cooked white rice
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Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large stock pot, and cook the onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic for 5 minutes, until tender.
- Stir in the salt, pepper, thyme, bay leaf, and creole seasoning. Cook for one more minute.
- Add the sausage, beans, Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, ham hock, and smoked ham to the pan. Stir and let simmer for 30 minutes to an hour, or longer, if desired. Add more broth as needed.
- To serve, either stir the rice into the beans, or put a couple of spoons of rice in a bowl, and top with red beans. Garnish with hot sauce and/or pickled okra to taste.
- Serve with cornbread, if desired.
Notes
This is a perfect way to use the ham bone from the holidays, and use up leftover ham.
As this cooks, the juice thickens with the beans. You can thin it out with more broth if you would like it to be more of a soup.
This is generally served with a side of cornbread and some beer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1, Calories: 389kcal, Carbohydrates: 50g, Protein: 28g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 35mg, Sodium: 2036mg, Fiber: 7g, Sugar: 15g