#MakeAhead Recipe: Stovetop Red Beans and Rice

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You can make a big batch of this low-calorie dish, a jazzed up rajma-chaval, and freeze the leftovers for later.

This recipe can be frozen up to 2 weeks.

Serves: about 8

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound dried red kidney beans
  • ยฝ pound smoked chicken sausage, thinly sliced
  • 3 celery ribs, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning

Directions:

  1. Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water around 2 inches above beans. Bring to a boil for 1 minute, cover. Remove from heat, and soak for 1 hour. Drain.
  2. Sautรฉ sausage, celery ribs, and green bell pepper in Dutch oven over medium-high heat for 10 minutes or until sausage is browned. Add garlic, sautรฉ for 1 minute. Add beans, Creole seasoning, and 7 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 1 to 1 ยฝ hours or until beans are tender.
  3. Remove from the heat, and serve with rice. Cool down completely before freezing in a ziplock bag or tight-lid containers.

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