Cajun Red Beans & Rice

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 cup, chopped or 160g

• Celery

  Raw

  ½ cup chopped or 51g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 75g

• Aldi Turkey Kielbasa

  13 oz or 364g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 9g

• Chicken stock

  Soup, home-prepared

  2 cup or 480g

• Worcestershire sauce

  1 tbsp or 17g

• Pepper or hot sauce

  Ready-to-serve

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Creole Seasoning

  Zatarain's

  1 teaspoon or 3g

• White rice

  Short-grain, raw

  1 ½ cup or 300g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  2 full breast (both fillets) or 472g

• Kidney beans

  Red, mature seeds, canned

  7 cup or 1.79kg

Directions

1. In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped onions, celery and bell peppers and cook until they begin to caramelize and tenderize. Next add in sausage and brown. Add in minced garlic and cook for 2 minutes making sure not to burn. Turn heat up to medium high and add chicken stock, water, worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and creole seasoning then stir in red beans. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring liquid to a boil then turn heat down to low, cover with lid and cook for 2 - 2½ hours until beans are tender and liquid as thickened. Check flavor of beans and season with salt and pepper to taste, stir and turn off heat. Let cool for 15 minutes and allow beans to continue thickening. Serve with rice.