No Frills Black Beans and Sausage

sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey sausage reduces fat and calories while ground beef is often cheaper.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and water + bouillon is a cost-effective alternative.

Soak 1 pound of dried black beans in a bowl with water covered with plastic wrap overnight.

Clean the soaked black beans and add them to a large pot, covering with cool clean water.

Cover the pot with a lid and let the beans simmer for about 1.5 hours.

After simmering, add dried parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoning salt to the beans.

Mix 1/2 cup of beef broth with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and add it to the pot to thicken the beans.

Slice the cooked smoked sausage.

Add a little olive oil to the bottom of a sauté pan to crisp the edges of the sausage.

Plate the black beans with the sausage on top, ensuring there is hardly any liquid, as it should not be like a soup.

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