Quick and Easy Red Beans and Rice
Prep Time 15 min
Cook Time 30 Min
Servings 6
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- 2 tbsps. Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 3 or 4 cloves garlic
- 1/2 lb. ham
- 1/4 lb. smoked sausage
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 cup chicken or beef broth
- 2 (15 oz.) cans red kidney beans
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. cayenne
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- Cooked rice
- Hot sauce
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oil in large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, pepper, celery and garlic. Cook 5 minutes, stirring often, until vegetables are soft.
- Step 2
ADD ham, sausage, bay leaf and thyme. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Step 3
ADD broth or water, beans, salt, cayenne and pepper. Bring to a simmer; cook about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Step 4
SERVE over cooked rice. Garnish with chopped onions and hot sauce.
Serving size
(1/6 of recipe)
- Calories 430
- Calories from Fat120g
- Total Fat 14g
- Saturated Fat 3g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 40mg
- Sodium 1260mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 56g
- Dietary Fiber 7g
- Sugars 4g
- Protein 19g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet