Cajun Red Bean & Rice Soup
Source of Recipe
my friend Jewel
Recipe Introduction
Yum yum!!
List of Ingredients
Cajun Red Bean & Rice Soup
1 cup bacon, diced
3 cups onions, chopped
1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
5-6 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
4 bay leaves
8 oz light smoked sausage, diced (Healthy Choice or Hilshire Farm Light brand)
1 smoked ham hock
2 cups dry small red beans, soaked overnight
1 TBS Cajun seasoning
2 TBS Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
8-9 cups chicken stock
1 tsp salt
2 cups cooked white or brown rice
hot sauce to taste
chopped green onions for garnish
sour cream for garnish
Recipe
In large pot over medium heat, cook bacon until almost done, then remove with slotted spoon onto papertowels to drain. Add onions, bell pepper, garlic, bay leaves, diced sausage and hamhock to bacon drippings in pot, and saute for 2-4 more minutes until veggies are fragrant.
Add the beans and sautee for 2 more minutes. Stir in Cajun seasoning, worcestershire sauce and stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer 1-1/2 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove ham hock, shred the lean meat from the hock back into the soup and discard the bone. Add the salt and the cooked rice, and simmer for another 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the pot to sit, covered, for about 20 minutes. Discard the bay leaves. Ladle into bowls and garnish with green onions, a dollop of sour cream and hot sauce.
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