Creole Sausage Bean Bake Food

CREOLE SAUSAGE & BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, add sausage and 1/2 cup water.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
• Drain sausage.
• Continue cooking sausage, uncovered, until browned.
• Add onions, green peppers and garlic.
• Cook until vegetables are tender but not brown.
• Stir in beans, tomato sauce, 1/2 cup water, sugar, crumbled bay leaves and hot pepper sauce.
• Bring sausage/bean mixture to a boil.
• Pour sausage/bean mixture into a large ovenproof casserole dish.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350°F for 45 minutes.
• Can be served over rice.

CREOLE-STYLE WHITE BEANS AND ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE OVER RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium high heat. Add the ham hock, onions, celery, and bell pepper and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the bay leaves, thyme, and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the beans and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat so that the beans just simmer and cook, uncovered and stirring occasionally, until the skin on the beans is tender and the beans begin to soften, about 2 hours. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the sausage and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the beans are soft and creamy, about 1 hour longer*. (If desired, the ham hock can be removed at this point and either discarded or, when cool enough to handle, the meat can be removed from the bone and returned to the beans and the bone and skin discarded.) Remove the bay leaves and thyme sprigs and serve the beans and sausage over hot white rice.
• Pass the hot sauce at the table for guests to use at their own discretion.

EASY SMOKED SAUSAGE CREOLE

Steps:

• Sauté onion, bell pepper and celery in oil.
• Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan.
• Bring to a boil while stirring well. Cover and simmer until liquid is absorbed, about 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from stove and let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• Variation: For a spicier Creole taste use a dash of tabasco Sauce.

CRUNCHY CREOLE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly spray a 9X13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and brown until starting to crisp around the edges. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes or until translucent. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until the mushrooms are golden brown. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the undiluted mushroom soup and stir to combine. Stir in the milk and cheese. Stir until the cheese is melted. Add the Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning to taste. Add the green beans and pimentos and fold in until coated in the sauce.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared dish. Top with the fried onions and pecans. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until the casserole is hot and bubbly.

SLOW COOKER CREOLE BLACK BEANS AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Place a large skillet over medium heat, and add sausage. Cook, stirring, until sausage is browned, about 5 minutes. Drain fat, and transfer sausage to slow cooker.
• Stir the black beans, onion, celery, green pepper, water, tomato sauce, garlic, thyme, bullion granules, white pepper, cayenne pepper, and bay leaves into the sausage in the slow cooker. Cover, and cook on Low until vegetables are tender, about 6 hours. Remove bay leaves before serving.

CREOLE SAUSAGE AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the sausage, onion, sweet peppers and garlic in oil over medium heat until vegetables are tender. Stir in the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, lemon juice and seasonings. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes., Add okra; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered for 7 minutes or just until okra is tender. Serve with rice if desired.

CREOLE GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in a large skillet. Stir in green beans, bacon, onion, green pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until onions are translucent, about 2 minutes. Stir in cayenne pepper, Creole seasoning, and black pepper. Cover; reduce heat to low. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt.

CREOLE BLACK BEANS 'N' SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat; drain. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients except rice. Cook, covered, on low until vegetables are tender, 6-8 hours. Discard bay leaves. Serve with rice.