🫘 Red Beans and Rice with Sausage

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Kidney beans simmered with andouille sausage, bell pepper, celery and onion, served over white rice. New Orleans red beans and rice, the quick way.

⏱️ 30 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 684 calories per serving💪 33 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup (4 oz) long-grain white rice
  • 5 oz (150 g) andouille sausage
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 medium green bell pepper
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 14 oz (400 g), drained canned kidney beans
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 leaf bay leaf
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • to taste salt

How to make it, step by step

  1. Cook the rice in salted water according to the package.
  2. Slice the sausage and brown it in a pot with the oil for 4 minutes.
  3. Add the chopped onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic and cook for 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in the drained beans, broth, thyme, bay leaf, cayenne and salt. Simmer for 12 minutes, mashing some of the beans with the spoon to thicken.
  5. Remove the bay leaf and serve the beans over the rice.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

684
calories
33 g
protein
93 g
carbs
20 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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