Healthy Red Beans and Rice

If you want real Cajun, you have to try red beans and rice. Often, this simple dish is loaded with fat and sodium. Try this reworked healthy red beans and rice recipe that everyone loves! No one will ever know it's the healthy version! My daughters love this!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 362 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 cups cooked white rice
• ½ cup finely chopped celery
• ½ cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 1 pound dried red beans
• 1 cup finely chopped onions
• 2 quarts hot water
• 1 pound smoked turkey sausage, cut into chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Serve over cooked rice.

Step 2

Put red beans in a large pot with enough water to cover by several inches. Soak 8 hours to overnight.

Step 3

Drain and rinse beans. Pour hot water into the pot. Add beans, sausage, onions, bell pepper, celery, cayenne pepper, salt, and bay leaf to the pot; stir. Place pot over medium heat, put a cover on the pot, and simmer, stirring frequently, for 30 minutes.

Step 4

Reduce heat to medium-low and continue cooking at a simmer until the beans are tender, about 30 minutes more. Remove and discard bay leaf.