Skillet Red Beans and Rice. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Mash half of bean mixture in pan. A quick skillet version of red beans and rice, made with canned kidney beans, the Trinity of vegetables and cooked with instant rice.
This Red Beans and Rice with Sausage Skillet recipe is flavorful and easy to put together with everyday ingredients.
Your family will ask for it again and I'll admit a few of those sausage slices disappeared before they made it into the skillet! [irp].
Red Beans and Rice with Sausage Skillet Meal.
You can have Skillet Red Beans and Rice using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Skillet Red Beans and Rice
- It's 2 tbsp. of olive oil.
- Prepare 1 of small bell pepper, diced.
- You need 1 stalk of celery, diced.
- You need 1/2 of yellow onion, diced.
- You need 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
- It's 2 tsp. of Cajun seasoning.
- You need 12 oz. of andouille sausage, sliced.
- You need 1 cup of long grain rice.
- It's 1 can (15 oz.) of red beans, drained and rinsed.
- You need 2 cups of unsalted chicken broth.
Enjoy all the comforts of home with a bowl of Skillet Red Beans and Rice. Ground turkey meatballs make a chewy and delicious accompaniment to the rice base. Red beans and rice as well as roasted red bell peppers are absolutely delicious with cajun chicken! Since this is a skillet dish, the chicken as well as the red beans, rice, fire roasted tomatoes and diced bell pepper are all cooked together resulting in a fuss-free, complete meal!
Skillet Red Beans and Rice instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp. of the oil in a large, deep skillet with a tight fitting lid over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the sausage and cook until browned. Then remove them to a seperate plate and set it aside. Add the additional oil and the onion, peppers and celery with a big pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until softened, about 7-9 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook that until fragrant..
- Increase the heat to med-high. Stir the rice into the skillet with the Cajun seasoning. Let it toast up for a couple of minutes, then stir in the beans, broth and browned sausage. Let it come up to a low boil..
- Once beginning to boil, place the lid on and lower the heat down to low. Let this simmer for 10 minutes, then turn the heat off but keep the lid on an additional 5 minutes. Then fluff it with a fork and serve..
Red beans and rice is all of that, plus it's a great vehicle for your leftover holiday ham, bone and all. While the rice is cooking, mix and mash the beans to your liking, stir in the parsley, and season with more cajun spice if needed. If you're beans are a little dry, stir in some of that tasty bean juice you. I think the only person that is more excited than me about my new copy of Deep South Dish cookbook, is my husband! I can honestly tell you that I have had many a cookbook lay on my kitchen counter, and I can't ever remember him picking one up and actually looking at it from.