Very Slow Cooking Red Beans and Rice

Wow! This was really, really good! I didn't change a thing and will make it again.

My husband is from Louisiana and he's been telling me how red beans & Rice are his fav. I didn't know what the big deal was until I made this last night. I never had Red beans and Rice in my life, but your dish was AWESOME!!!!!!

I am a native of New Orleans, and grew up eating Red Beans & Rice. I had never had then with tomato sauce and tomato paste added. I thought I would try a new way to fix them. They were very good. I added choppped onion to the beans when I started them in the along with the garlic and other spices. I let the beans cook soft in the crockpot and then I cut up the Cajun Sausage (not Andoulille) and fried it in a cast iron skillet and rendered the fat. Drained on paper towels and added to beans. All in all a very tasty meal with just a few changes. Will make again. Prepared for the Rajun Cajun Photo Tag game Sept 2009.

I've never used dry beans before and this was a great recipe for my first try! I tried it after 6 hours but still had several hard beans so I cranked up my crockpot and they were great in about 2 more hours. Like a previous poster said, it probably depends a lot on your crockpot. My husband doesn't eat spicy foods and he loved this recipe. I loved it too and was able to add hot sauce to my portion and it was still delicious! Thanks!

This is really delicious! I used 1.75 teaspoons cajun seasoning (w/o salt, from this site). I've never seen cajun kielbasa (how do you make Cajun Polish sausage anyway?), so I used turkey kielbasa (great lower cal/fat alternative). Also, I cooked it on low for 6 hours (after trying other recipes, I think you don't need more than 6 hours for beans, but it does depend on your crockpot). Next time, I think I'll add 2.25t cajun seasoning or just add a little more cayenne to my mix for more kick.