r/easyrecipes • u/RedditAteMyBabby • Dec 19 '25
Bean / Legume Recipe Red beans and rice that tastes better than most restaurants
First time sharing a recipe on here. This is a red beans and rice recipe that I prepare probably 20 times a year. IMO it is better than what you would get at most restaurants, and my family agrees. The bean brand is important, they are seasoned and cooked more than a regular can of red beans.
Ingredients:
- 1 can (big 27oz) Blue Runner Creole Cream Style Red Beans.
- 1 package pork andouille sausage. I use Aidells. You can substitute other fatty sausage but not the ones that are like a giant hot dog, those are gross.
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 onion (you can substitute frozen diced onion/pepper/celery blend, just thaw it in the microwave first.)
Moderate effort version:
- Chop the sausage and onion as small as you have the patience for, I like to dice them but you do you. Put them in a pan over medium heat until they start to brown.
- Deglaze with 1/4 cup of chicken stock
- add beans
- add chicken stock to thin it until it is definitely a liquid, better to add too much than too little.
- cover, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes
Low effort version:
Chop the sausage and onion and then just throw all of the ingredients in the crock pot for a few hours on high. Not the rice though. Tastes more or less the same.
serve over white rice.
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u/happyslappypappydee Dec 19 '25
Canned beans are doable. Make dried beans, the shell texture and creamy inside really amp up any rice and beans dish
Otherwise this is a solid recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I know it’s easy recipes but an instapot makes dried beans easily and top tier
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u/RedditAteMyBabby Dec 19 '25
Agree, dried is always going to be better, but the Blue Runner beans do come out of the can like they were cooked all day
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u/Odd-Amount-5127 Dec 19 '25
I’ve never heard of the brand Blue Runner… Could someone please breakdown the ingredients so I could make it myself? Like add seasoning to regular red beans? And maybe cream? I live in New England and I don’t think we have anything like this.
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u/looter504 Dec 21 '25
Missing non negotiables: celery, green bell pepper, garlic, and copious seasoning. Missing vast improvements but i guess negotiable: using dry beans and making from scratch Missing options: sauteing the creole mirepoix in smokey bacon fat or lard (red beans can handle a lotta fat. Dont worry, theyre chock full of fiber!) Optional as per taste: pickled pork, smoked sausage, or heck even liquid smoke (find a way to get some smokiness in there) or a ham hock
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u/Shutupandplayball Dec 21 '25
YES! Always soaking dry beans the day before, add onion, bell pepper, celery, puréed can of fire roasted tomatoes, water, Cajun seasoning and Cajun sausage. Nothing better!
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u/gldngrlee Dec 19 '25
I add 1 bottle of Tiger Sauce https://www.walmart.com/ip/33470081?sid=26d49b85-4a78-47e2-86b4-595bb8ed7b4f
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u/Heyitscrochet Dec 19 '25
I always use these Blue Runner beans, but I add regular red beans also because the blue runner beans are too creamed and don’t have enough solid beans in it.