These cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove-spiced applesauce cookies are wonderfully juicy. They’re lauded by everyone! They are delicious cookies for your Christmas cookie platter or a fantastic after-school snack.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
Ingredients
- 3 pounds smoked sausage, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 8 (15 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups uncooked white rice
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 6 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
- 4 dashes hot pepper sauce, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- In a 6-quart or larger slow cooker, combine smoked sausage, kidney beans, water, rice, onion, and garlic. Season with Cajun seasoning, hot pepper sauce, salt, and bay leaf. Cover and set on High. Once mixture is heated through, stir until well combined.
- Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours or High for 4 hours.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 806 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 73 g |
| Cholesterol | 77 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 18 g |
| Protein | 43 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 2750 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 37 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Meh…I liked the concept, but something was still missing even after adding a can of seasoned greens (Drained). For some reason maybe making the sauce thicker somehow would be nice. Like a chili.
This is a really good recipe. I adjusted the size and took others advice and cook the rice separately. It is now in our families meal rotation
This was so good! A little spicy, but my family loved it! I’ll definitely be making this again.
Fantastic dish ! Even better left over the next day. I did 1/3 of the recipe as there is only two of us with good results. The only changes I have made is I add some chopped green pepper because I like it and I use a brand of beans I purchase at Walmart that contains a mix of three types of beans ( Red kidney, Pinto and Black beans ) It is the Walmart Organic Great Value Tri-Bean Blend. I’m not a big crock pot user so I simmer this on the stove for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. This freezes well without the rice. Thank you for sharing this great recipe.
Did not use as much hot sauce because we can’t tolerate too much heat in our food.
To all of the people that tried this recipe and it came out right KUDO!!And for all of you that want to kick the author in the knees You be ashamed of your selfs. So one little over sight was made, how narrow minded you are. And I hope in your prefect world you haven’t made any mistakes.I made the recipe and it turned out just like we thought So to the author HIGH FIVE!!
I’ve made this recipe & I couldn’t have been more disappointed! The rice didn’t cook up in four hours of cooking time. So I set my crockpot to low & prepared to wait an additional 12 hours. Imagine my disappointment, after only 90 minutes that the rice was suddenly broken & mushy. The dish had good flavor, it wasn’t anything like it was pictured! I only wish that I’d read the reviews before I made this misleading recipe. Cooking the rice separately would have been so much better. Perhaps the writer of this recipe should revise this. I can’t envision myself making any other recipe from this person ever again! If I could have given a rating of no stars, believe me I would have! Gravely disappointed in San Antonio!
I used smoked turkey kielbasa , black beans, diced roasted tomatoes , chopped onion, chopped garlic, bone broth (chicken) Steamed rice seperately
Love this recipe! Just made it over the weekend and it was wonderful and tasty. I reduced the amount since I am only feeding 3. Used 3 cans of beans 3tsp of garlic, 1 lb of sausage, 3 tsp of cajun seasoning and used chicken broth instead of water (2 cups). WOW this stuff is amazing! Thanks to Syndi for sharing this with us
The recipe came out great! I used 1 1/3 cup of chicken broth instead of the water,added a green pepper, all I had was a large 40 oz can of red kidney beans, 1 pound of Turkey sausage (sauteed up in about 1/8 cup Worcestershire sauce a long with the onions, garlic and green peppers.just until the meat soaked up the flavor. Also added extra seasonings.
This is a staple in my home, I love Sausage, Red Beans, and Rice, it is very loved.
This did not turn out for me. However, in the 2 times I made it, we always followed the directions and added the rice to the crockpot. In the reviews section, the author Syndi says she doesn’t add the rice to the crockpot. Maybe I will try this again, and change my review afterward, but only if Syndi changes the directions of adding the rice and water to the crockpot.
Made it, but it seems like it’s missing something. But it worked out okay and filled the family.
Thanks! This had a lot of flavor, surprisingly.
Smoked Sausage & Red Beans’ Haiku: “Not too thrilled with this. (I really didn’t change much.) We trashed leftovers.” I noticed that the recipe submitter added a review stating that the rice should be cooked separately, which I was relieved to see, b/c I can’t imagine leaving rice in the crockpot for that many hrs. So I prepared the recipe as written (save for adding a can of Rotel), and reduced to it 4 servings, having a 1 lb. smoked sausage, and using 1 can of beans. Not really sure why this didn’t make our tastebuds do a little jig, b/c normally we annihilate red beans over rice, but perhaps it had something to do w/ the length of time that everything sat in the crockpot. Smelled great, but just didn’t do it for us.
I’m giving this 5 stars because my hubby and I both thought it was very tasty. I cut the recipe down to 4 servings and only used 1 can of beans. I followed the recipe as written except I did add red and green peppers, because we like them. I waited until the last 5 minutes before serving and added the Minute Rice. It was perfect! Thanks for sharing Syndi!
I halved the recipe and we loved it. To halve it, I used a single smoked sausage, 3 cans of dark red kidney beans and a cup of rice to 2 cups water. I also used a tiny amount of the garlic, as a personal preference. But I loaded up on the cajun seasoning lol. We like red beans and rice anyway, as well as smoked sausage. Blending those together along with cajun seasoning made a great meal. Can’t have it too often, because of the heartburn factor, but this is definitely a repeat-worthy dish!
This was not that good. I did it as is and felt that it was very bland and needed some life. thankfully, I have a husband that will eat dinner no matter what.
Normally, I would cook the rice in with everything, as the recipe states, but since the originator recommends not doing so, I made the rice separate. Browned the sausage first and added a chopped green pepper. Cooked 1lb of (dry) red beans and added to the sausage mixture with about a cup of water. Cooked on the stove top for about an hour. Made brown rice in the water from the cooked beans and ate with the sausage. Really, really good.
I’m always on the lookout for good crock pot meals, as they make life as the mom of two under four much easier! This one caught my eye and I made it for the first time today. It was delicious! I read through the comments first and learned that the recipe was incorrect in saying to add the rice to the crock pot, so I didn’t. I did the rice separately in the rice cooker. My husband can’t handle much heat, so I cut down a bit on the Cajun seasoning and omitted the hot pepper sauce. I also halved the recipe as my crock pot is not large enough to hold the amount of food this recipe makes. Other than that though, I followed the recipe exactly, and the result was absolutely delicious! I have to admit I was a little leery of adding so much garlic, but it really gave the dish a nice flavor. I served it with cornbread and a salad. Yum! I will definitely be making this again! And I think next time I will go ahead and add the full amount of Cajun seasoning the recipe calls for. Update 2/26/2011: I decided to make this with dry beans today rather than canned. It’s cheaper that way, and you avoid nasty preservatives. Prepare the beans according to the package directions (you will need to start them at LEAST 3 hours ahead of time, or you can soak overnight). Once the beans are prepared, you can toss them in the crockpot just as you would canned beans and follow the recipe from there. 1 lb of dry beans is perfect for 1/2 recipe. 2 lbs for full recipe.
Great cold weather comfort food, Absolutely loved this recipe, the ony suggestion i have is that if you are not a big fan of beans, which my family is not, use on less can of beans than the recipe calls for. Other than that this was fabulous!