How to Make New Orleans Style Red Beans and Rice

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🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey sausage reduces fat while maintaining flavor

Pick out bad red beans and wash them thoroughly with water.

Soak the beans in water for at least two hours.

Dice one green bell pepper, two stalks of celery, half a yellow onion, and four cloves of garlic.

Cut the sausage and pork tails in half.

Boil the pork tails for about 45 minutes.

Brown the sausage in a pot.

Add the chopped veggies and garlic to the browned sausage and stir.

Add the pork tails and soaked red beans to the pot and mix well.

Add about 10 cups of water, one capful of shrimp and crab boil seasoning, one chicken bouillon cube, and five bay leaves.

Place the lid on top and simmer on medium heat for one hour, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.

After one hour, add about two more cups of water and allow the beans to cook for another hour, checking periodically.

Add more seasoning and one tablespoon of butter before serving.

Serve with rice.

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