Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cajun style red beans and rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cajun style red beans and rice is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Cajun style red beans and rice is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Season with bay leaves, cayenne pepper, thyme, sage, parsley, and Cajun seasoning. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to medium-low. Red beans & rice is a traditional Creole dish made with red beans, veggies, and, often, leftover pork bones. It's traditionally made with soaked dried beans and simmered for hours, but this recipe.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cajun style red beans and rice using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cajun style red beans and rice:

1. Take 1 box family size Zatarain's red beans and rice
2. Take 2 tbsp butter or vegetable oil
3. Make ready 2 large green bellpeppers
4. Take 1 medium onion
5. Make ready 2 packages Polska Kielbasa OR Andoullie sausage*
6. Take 1 tbsp minced garlic
7. Get 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
8. Take 1 packages Gouda cheese (or preferred cheese, Cheddar also goes well)

Red Beans and Rice is a classic Cajun comfort food recipe, with perfectly spiced beans simmered slowly in a pot with smoked andouille sausage, onions, bell peppers and celery, served up with rice for surprisingly complex flavor. Red Beans and Rice is a dish that needs a special place in your go-to recipe box. Prechopped vegetables and canned beans keep this version of red beans and rice simple yet satisfying. Because this recipe begins with oil-sautéed aromatics, it contains more grams of fat per serving than its boxed counterpart—but the calories and sodium are significantly lower, and the taste is terrific.

Instructions to make Cajun style red beans and rice:

1. Chop (dice) your bellpeppers and onion and slice sausage and set aside.
2. In a large saucepan or pot add all ingredients for the red beans and rice (beans and rice, water and oil or butter).
3. Add sausage, bellpeppers, onion, garlic and Cajun seasoning and cook according to package directions.
4. Cut the Gouda (or preferred cheese) into small cubes and add about five minutes before cooking is complete, or in the last five minutes that it sits.
5. Serve and enjoy!

Prechopped vegetables and canned beans keep this version of red beans and rice simple yet satisfying. Because this recipe begins with oil-sautéed aromatics, it contains more grams of fat per serving than its boxed counterpart—but the calories and sodium are significantly lower, and the taste is terrific. Sautee the ingredients in olive oil on the stove and cook until tender and fragrant. It was a perfect fit, easily feeding a crowd and being versatile enough to tailor according to what was in the pantry. After spooning these tender, flavorful red beans over fluffy rice, pair it with some of our perfect skillet cornbread and collard greens.

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