Red beans and Rice

[Dan T]

I have a bunch of Cajun sausage from my wife's deer this year and im looking for a good red beans and rice recipe. Crock pot would be great so I could let it cook all day, but I'll take whatever recipes you got!

[tvc184]

Paging Cajun Blake.........

He sent me his recipe and it is simply the best that I have eaten. I get requests for it at work frequently. It is a bit more than beans, ham/sausage/whatever meat and onions.

[parkchief100]

I put beans and rice and a can of rotel tomatoes. Garlic powder,onion powder, Tony's, Worcestershire sauce a little ketchup. Add my jalapeño sausage and let her cook. Mine is probably not what you are looking for but it is good. I don't like onions and I am a bit picky! Good Luck

[Coach]

Here's the recipe card for the red beans and rice we make with smoked sausage.

[Cajun Blake]

I soak my beans overnight in water and add a few Tblspns of liquid crawfish boil to turn up the heat


brown sausage, and sauté holy trinity. (onion, garlic, bell pepper)

drain water and add beans to crock pot, include sausage , sautéed vegetables, and add enough water to cover beans by 2-3 inches . Add 1 tsp of liquid smoke if your sausage is not smoked. You can also throw in a bone-in ham instead of sausage

cook slow and low all day long

either mash some of the beans against side of crock pot with large spoon, or use a hand held blender for a few seconds to make creamy texture. Add RB or S&P to taste . My beans come out pretty close to Popeyes RB&R


leftover smoked brisket in RB is incredible

[Shane]

I used to date a cajun girl in college. Her momma made some mean rice....

Mix up 2 cups boiling water with appropriate amount of beef bullion (cube or powder)

Saute' Uncle Ben's rice (30min kind) in butter in a skillet until the rice looks kinda shiny/clear.

Pour the bullion into the skillet and bring to a boil

Reduce heat to simmer and put a lid on the skillet for 30 min or until all the liquid is soaked up by the rice.

This rice is great with beans, of course. It's also great with chicken fried venison and gravy.

[UncleBubba]

In for later, I need to finish up my Ragin Blaze so I can get some more!

[RGVBowHunter]

You can't make Red Beans in a crock pot...That's like farting in church after eating Pancho's Mexican buffet, you just can't do it and call it Red Beans. They need to be slow cooked and tended to with love and passion...

You gotta make a roux and slow simmer them for hours while adding your seasoning as they cook.
Get you about a cut conola earl and a few serving spoons of flour, not too much but just enough to make it tick. Den stir and stir and stir on medium high heat until it si dark brown, almost burnt ya know. THen add your onions, bellpepper, celery and garilc, Oh yea, you need to make dem into a slush in da blenda first. And by the Love of God do not forget Bay leaf. The secret is a little Worcestershire. Just a little sha yo don't want it too smokey.

Dat's ha you make dem red beans yea!

[Bayouboy]

Soak beans overnight.
Garlic, ylw onion, bell pepper, 3-4 pickled jalapeños, 2 tablespoons of juice from pickled jalapeño jar.
Sausage and smoked ham hocks.
Season to your taste and brown/saute' ingredients before adding to beans. Except jalapenos and ham hocks. 2" of water over beans and keep the lid on. Place crock pot on high until ingredients start bubbling hard. Turn to low. When ham falls off bones beans are ready. Serve with mexican cornbread.

[Bayouboy]

You can't make Red Beans in a crock pot...That's like farting in church after eating Pancho's Mexican buffet, you just can't do it and call it Red Beans. They need to be slow cooked and tended to with love and passion...

You gotta make a roux and slow simmer them for hours while adding your seasoning as they cook.
Get you about a cut conola earl and a few serving spoons of flour, not too much but just enough to make it tick. Den stir and stir and stir on medium high heat until it si dark brown, almost burnt ya know. THen add your onions, bellpepper, celery and garilc, Oh yea, you need to make dem into a slush in da blenda first. And by the Love of God do not forget Bay leaf. The secret is a little Worcestershire. Just a little sha yo don't want it too smokey.

Dat's ha you make dem red beans yea!

Sure you can.

[RGVBowHunter]

Sure you can.

But they just don't come out right. They are missing that really deep creamy texture. Even if you smash some up to try and make them thicker they just are not right. They need to be in a seasoned pot with years of cooking in it and they burn a little on the bottom and then scrape it and let it mix back into the gravy. You can taste the love in a god pot of Red Beans.

[txpitdog]

That's like farting in church after eating Pancho's Mexican buffet

Pancho's.....man haven't even thought about that place in a long long time. Basically you go there, eat one plate to confirm that yes it is terrible and then just keep raising the flag to get more sopapillas until you feel you've gotten your money's worth.

Eat at Pancho's on Saturday will cause farting in church on Sunday.

Agree that red beans are not made in a crock pot...at least not south of I-20

[Bayouboy]

I like a crock pot because I can let them soak all night and turn the pot on high in the morning before going hunting, place on low after morning hunt, then let them cook all day and they are ready for the evening meal. Don't know about you fellas... But, I am not going to stand over a pot of beans all day when I can be catching a nap after the morning hunt and then get ready for the evening hunt.
If you aren't hunting... by all means babysit that regular pot.

Mine turn creamy and soft just like Popeyes. Not sure why your's wouldn't.

[Dan T]

I soak my beans overnight in water and add a few Tblspns of liquid crawfish boil to turn up the heat


brown sausage, and sauté holy trinity. (onion, garlic, bell pepper)

drain water and add beans to crock pot, include sausage , sautéed vegetables, and add enough water to cover beans by 2-3 inches . Add 1 tsp of liquid smoke if your sausage is not smoked. You can also throw in a bone-in ham instead of sausage

cook slow and low all day long

either mash some of the beans against side of crock pot with large spoon, or use a hand held blender for a few seconds to make creamy texture. Add RB or S&P to taste . My beans come out pretty close to Popeyes RB&R


leftover smoked brisket in RB is incredible

How many beans do you normally do?

[Dan T]

Thanks everyone for the replies, my mouth has been watering looking through this!