Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Sausage
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Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Sausage
Author: Epicurus.com Kitchens
Recipe type: Beans
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried red beans
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- 1 1/2 pounds smoked sausage cut into chunks
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 8 ounces smoked ham shanks
- 1/2 teaspoon sage
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 pinch Cayenne pepper
- salt
- freshly cooked rice
Instructions
- Place beans in Dutch oven and cover generously with water. Let soak 30 minutes. Add remaining ingredients to beans except salt and rice.
- Bring to boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer until beans are tender, adding more water if necessary (about 2 1/2 hours). Add salt to taste. Discard ham bones.
- Remove about 3 tablespoons of beans from mixture and mash to paste; return to Dutch oven and stir. Simmer 15 more minutes. Serve over hot rice.
