Grammy's Kitchen · Red Beans and Rice · Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice with Chicken
One of 31 red beans and rice recipes we measured
50 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 31.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 162% |
| fat | 0% | 2% |
| protein add | 0% | 133% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 23% |
| aromatics | 0% | 21% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 160 g | 1 cup diced yellow or white onion |
| 120 g | 1 medium green bell pepper (diced) |
| 1701 g | 4 cans (15-ounces each) kidney beans (undrained) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons coarse or freshly cracked black pepper (see note) |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme |
| 8 g | 2-3 cloves garlic (finely minced) |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds kielbasa or chicken sausage (sliced (see note)) |
| Hot cooked brown rice, white rice or quinoa for serving |
Method: 2 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“My husband and I loved this, kids not so much. I made it with dried kidney beans (thank you to the commenter who shared the warning about using them in a slow cooker! I don't usually have kidney beans but figured I could put them in the slow cooker like any ot” — a cook, 5.0★
“Delicious and easy! Made in the Insta Pot with a few adaptations I thought I’d share. Was surprised that the third member of the trinity was absent, so added it and garlic to the line up. Warmed a couple tablespoons of oil in the Insta Pot (I did canola) on th” — a cook, 4.0★