Ingredients

The following ingredients have 6 Servings
  • 1/2 pound (8 ounces) dried small red beans (adzuki beans not the large kidney beans)
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp cajun seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp thyme
  • 1 rib celery, diced
  • 1 green pepper, diced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 pound cajun andouille sausage, sliced into ½ inch pieces
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch + 3 Tbsp cold water
  • Optional: sour cream
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 ⅓ cups uncooked white rice

Instruction

  • Soak your beans overnight in 4 cups of water and 1 tsp of salt OR perform the quick soak method.
  • Drain and rinse the beans thoroughly.
  • Add soaked beans to the Instant Pot. Add in onion, garlic, paprika, cajun seasoning, thyme, celery, pepper, bay leaf, sausage and 3 cups of water.
  • Cover your Instant Pot and move valve to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 12 minutes. When the time is up let the pressure release naturally for up to 20 minutes. Then remove the lid.
  • Discard the bay leaf.
  • Thicken the stew with a cornstarch slurry. Mix 2 Tbsp of cornstarch with 3 Tbsp of cold water until smooth then stir the mixture into the Instant Pot. Turn the Instant Pot to the saute setting. The stew will thicken fairly quickly.
  • Serve red beans and sausage over rice. We liked ours with a dollop of sour cream on top. To make this less spicy you could use a regular smoked sausage instead of cajun sausage and use half as much smoked paprika.