Recipe: Delicious Creamy Cajun Red Beans

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Creamy Cajun Red Beans. I grew up in Louisiana and love red beans and rice; these are just like I remember. Serve with Tabasco sauce for a little kick. Season with bay leaves, cayenne pepper, thyme.

Creamy Cajun Red Beans Red Beans and Rice is a classic Cajun comfort food recipe, with perfectly spiced beans simmered slowly in a pot with smoked andouille sausage, onions The great thing is that everything sits in a pot and simmers until the beans are soft and creamy, and all those amazing flavors mingle and develop. Progresso® beans provide a tasty addition to this delicious recipe that also features rice and sausage - perfect for a Cajun dinner. A quick version of the traditional Cajun Red Beans and Rice. You can cook Creamy Cajun Red Beans using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Creamy Cajun Red Beans

  1. Prepare of Olive oil.
  2. Prepare 1 lb of dry small red beans (not kidney).
  3. Prepare 1 lb of smoked sausage.
  4. You need 1 lb of smoked ham.
  5. Prepare 2 of green bell peppers.
  6. You need 1 of large onion.
  7. You need 4 stalks of celery.
  8. It's 2 cloves of garlic.
  9. It's 1/2 stick of butter.
  10. It's 3 of chicken bouillon cubes.
  11. Prepare of Water.
  12. You need 1 of Tblsp garlic powder.
  13. Prepare 1 of Tblsp Cajun seasoning.
  14. It's 1 tsp of thyme.
  15. It's 4 of bay leaves.
  16. Prepare 1 tsp of fresh parsely.
  17. Prepare of Few dashes of Worcestershire.
  18. You need Pinch of sugar.
  19. It's of Cooked rice (your choice).
  20. It's of Green onions chopped.

For a milder version of this Cajun specialty, substitute turkey sausage links or chunks of cooked ham for the spicy. Learn how to make cajun red beans and rice in the crockpot for a set and forget dinner recipe idea. Quick and easy meal for lunch or parties. I like to make this main dish when I'm having company for dinner, since it serves a bunch.

Creamy Cajun Red Beans step by step

  1. Sort out and soak the red beans the night before.
  2. Cut up all your meats and veggies and start browning the sausage in a pot with just a bit of olive oil.
  3. Add the peppers, celery, onion and garlic on top of the sausage and stir to combine. Next add the butter and stir till melted.
  4. Add the ham and keep stirring.
  5. Add the red beans and enough water just to cover everything and bring to a boil.
  6. Then add the garlic powder, Cajun seasoning, thyme, 4 bay leaves, pinch of sugar and Worcestershire.
  7. After an hour add fresh parsely.
  8. Cook for 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours on LO barely a simmer stirring occasionally and mashing some beans on the side of the pot for more creaminess (do this towards the end) It makes a paste.
  9. Serve over rice and garnish with the green onions on top 😋😋😋 this time I used yellow rice but use any kind you like ENJOY 😊.

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