CREAMY WHITE BEANS RECIPE | WHITE BEANS AND SAUSAGE

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Chicken sausage is leaner, while ground turkey is often more affordable.

Rinse the great northern white beans really well and sort them.

Add the rinsed beans to a pot and pour in enough water to cover the beans by 1 inch.

Turn on the heat and allow the beans to come up to an almost boil.

Once you see bubbles forming on the surface, turn off the heat and let the beans soak in the water for 45 minutes.

After 45 minutes, the beans will have doubled in size; do not drain the water.

Brown the chicken and green onion sausage in the pot to release the grease.

Add the browned sausage to the beans.

Sauté onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic in the drippings from the sausage, then add them to the beans.

Add onion powder and garlic powder; do not add salt at this stage to prevent the beans from softening.

Stir everything together well and bring to a slight boil.

Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, add Creole or Cajun seasoning to taste and one chicken bouillon cube; stir well.

Continue to simmer for 15 to 20 more minutes.

Add butter to the beans to make them extra creamy and stir in until melted.

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