Red Beans and Rice is the ultimate Cajun comfort food.
This Crock-pot version makes this recipe easy to make and perfect for feeding your hungry family on cold winter nights! Bonus: leftovers rock!
Cajun Red Beans and Rice in the Crock-Pot
Ingredients
- 1 lb dried red beans like Camellia brand
- 1 large Vidalia onion chopped
- 1 green bell pepper seeded and chopped
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 5 cloves garlic peeled
- 1 tbsp or to taste Creole seasoning, like Tony Cachere's
- 32 oz chicken or vegetable broth or more depending on the size of your Crock-pot
- 1-2 links smoked sausage sliced
- 1 pkg diced pork tasso ham or 1 ham hock optional
- salt and pepper to taste
- cooked white rice for serving
- green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Soak dried beans in a bowl filled with water overnight.
- Drain and rinse well in the morning
- Add drained beans to a Crock-pot.
- Add chopped onions, bell peppers, celery, and garlic in a food processor and pulse until finely diced and blended.
- Add vegetable mix to Crock-pot.
- You can now add meat (optional) of your choice to the Crock-pot: a ham hock or ham bone or chopped ham (I used pork tasso).
- Cover beans with broth (or hot water).
- Finally, add seasonings. I use Creole seasoning and salt and pepper.
- Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hrs.
- Add sliced sausage and mix in. Cook on low an additional 1-2 hrs.
- Serve in a bowl on top of hot white rice and garnish with green onions.
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I like to use the Camellia brand red kidney beans (found at Walmart).
Soak dried beans in a bowl filled with water overnight.
Drain and rinse well in the morning.
Drain and rinse well in the morning.
Add beans to the Crock-pot.
Chop all veggies and add to a food processor.
Pulse until finely diced and blended.
Optional: you can finely dice veggies by hand too.
Optional: you can finely dice veggies by hand too.
I love the flavor and texture of Cajun pork tasso so I decided to add it chopped to my beans instead of using ham hocks.
Add veggies and chopped ham to the beans in the Crock-pot.
Cover with broth.
Add seasonings to the beans then cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours.
Add sliced smoked sausage to the beans and cook on low another 1-2 hours.
Creamy and delicious and ready to serve!
Cook white rice and serve beans in a bowl on top of hot rice.
Garnish with green onions and add hot sauce if desired.
That’s some tasty Cajun comfort food!
Such a great dinner recipe!
Love that you used the slow cooker!
We love Red Beans and Rice! Great idea to use the slow cooker to make it easier!