22 Apr Chicken Sausage + Beans Over Rice {Gluten Free}
The newest recipe on the blog is this delicious chicken sausage + beans over rice (or quinoa if you desire!). It has this amazing cajun flare and super nourishing! This recipe is made by one of our dietitians Farrah Oxley and Lahana followed up by making it to take these amazing pictures and she tweaked the recipe a tad bit while she was cooking with things that she had on hand.
This recipe should be done in a pot if you’re using the recipe as is, but if you follow the tweaks below, you can use a deep skillet!
Tweaks on this chicken sausage + beans:
- Instead of using dried beans, Lahana used organic canned beans. When you use canned beans, you’ll use less liquid (She used only 2 cups of bone broth).
- Because she used less liquid, she also used less spices. She did 2 Tbsp of cajun seasoning versus the 4 Tbsp. This also helped reduce the ‘spice’ (for all you people that can’t handle spice, we understand!)
- Farrah made this with over quinoa, so if you can’t do rice or like rice, quinoa is a great option!
- If you need to buy cajun seasoning, this is the one that I used!
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Chicken Sausage + Beans {Over Rice}
Servings: 6 Bowls
Ingredients
- 1 lb Red Kidney Beans Dry (If you have canned, look at the notes above)
- 12 Oz Chicken Sausage Cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 1 Green pepper Chopped
- 3 Celery Stalk Chopped
- 4 Garlic Cloves Minced
- 4 Tbsp Cajun Seasoning
- 1 Tbsp Sea Salt
- 1 Tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Tsp Cayenne Pepper (Optional)
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 6 Cup Chicken Broth (If using canned beans, see notes above to change the amount of chicken broth)
- Rice Cooked, For serving
Instructions
- Place dry beans in a large bowl. Cover beans with water by several inchesand soak overnight (or for at least 7 hours).
- Drain + rinse beans.
- Heat oil in large pot on medium heat. Add chicken sausage; brown sausage onboth sides (~6 min). Remove sausage from pot and set aside.
- Add onion, bell pepper, and celery to the pot. Cook until veggies soften. Stir ingarlic cloves, Cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and bay leaves.
- Add soaked beans and chicken broth. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat toa rapid simmer. Cover pot and cook for 30 min; stirring frequently.
- Add chicken sausage back to pot. Reduce heat to a low simmer and cookbeans for another 45 min or until tender.
- Remove bay leaves. Serve over rice. Enjoy!
