How to Prepare Perfect Cajun style red beans and rice

Cajun style red beans and rice. I grew up in Louisiana and love red beans and rice; these are just like I remember--red beans made with Cajun seasonings and Andouille sausage. Season with bay leaves, cayenne pepper, thyme, sage. Traditional red beans and rice are made with sausage, but we don't need any of that here!

This hot and spicy recipe is sure to satisfy anyone's need for Orleans. This is a hearty Southern dish, easy to make and full of flavor and quite spicy! Red Beans and Rice - So thick, so creamy and so flavorful! You can cook Cajun style red beans and rice using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cajun style red beans and rice

1. It's of family size Zatarain's red beans and rice.
2. You need of butter or vegetable oil.
3. It's of green bellpeppers.
4. It's of onion.
5. Prepare of Polska Kielbasa OR Andoullie sausage*.
6. You need of minced garlic.
7. You need of Cajun seasoning.
8. Prepare of Gouda cheese (or preferred cheese, Cheddar also goes well).

The beans are cooked just right - perfectly tender, served with rice and smoky andouille But until then, I'll be making the creamiest red beans and rice on the daily. I've done a ton of research and development for this, eating so much red beans. Red beans and rice is traditionally made with small red beans, but if you can't find them in your area, you can use red kidney beans (dark or light). Red Beans and Rice is a classic Cajun comfort food recipe, with spiced beans simmered slowly in a pot with smoked andouille sausage and morre, served with rice for surprisingly complex flavor.

Cajun style red beans and rice step by step

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!.

Red Beans and Rice is a dish that needs a special place in your go-to recipe box. I love making and eating Lousianna style recipes. I have wanted to visit Louisiana forever. Since I never seem to be able to take the trip the next best thing is to enjoy Cajun and Creole recipes like this Red Beans and Rice recipe at home. You can also use a shrimp/lobster/seafood/fish stock to start, and I don't think any Cajun would object!