How to Make Super Quick Homemade Red Beans and Rice

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, red beans and rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Season with bay leaves, cayenne pepper, thyme, sage, parsley, and Cajun seasoning. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to medium-low. The food writer and New Orleans bon vivant Pableaux Johnson's house is no exception. Place the water into an electric kettle and bring to a boil.

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Red Beans and Rice is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red beans and rice using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Take 2 cans kidney beans
2. Take 1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
3. Take 1/2 onion
4. Take 3 cloves garlic
5. Make ready Red Wine (1 can full)
6. Make ready Olive oil
7. Get 1 cup water
8. Make ready 6 servings Cooked rice
9. Make ready to taste Cajun seasoning
10. Get 1 teaspoon Thyme
11. Prepare 2 links andouille sausage

It was a perfect fit, easily feeding a crowd and being versatile enough to tailor according to what was in the pantry. After spooning these tender, flavorful red beans over fluffy rice, pair it with some of our perfect skillet cornbread and collard. The beans are cooked just right - perfectly tender, served with rice and smoky andouille sausage. I kind of have a thing for Louisiana.

Instructions to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Chop up onion and mince garlic then brown in skillet in olive oil.
2. Drain two cans of kidney beans and pour into pot for cooking.
3. Put tomato paste into pot with beans. Pour the red wine into the can and pour into the pot with beans and tomato paste.
4. Stir up the beans, wine, tomato paste and then add the water.
5. Stir the ingredients together well and add the browned onions and garlic. Add Cajun seasoning to taste. This is based upon your tolerance to spicy food. If you cannot find Cajun seasoning, add some Chipotle Tabasco sauce to taste.
6. Bring the mixture to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for approximately 10 or 15 mins until the beans get the consistency you prefer. I prefer a saucy consistency.
7. Slice andouille sausage into thick slices and cook in skillet used for onions and garlic.
8. Once sausage is cooked, add into the beans and sauce. Continue to simmer for another 5 mins.
9. Cook rice.
10. Serve by placing rice onto plate/bowl and then beans/sausage on top. Enjoy!

The beans are cooked just right - perfectly tender, served with rice and smoky andouille sausage. I kind of have a thing for Louisiana. I don't know if it's all the beignets and the powdered sugar I leave on my pants or if it's the classic red beans and rice but I keep returning to this state. New Orleans-style red beans and rice is mind-bendingly delicious. Smoky, spicy, hearty, and supremely comforting.

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