Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • Meaty ham bone (a leftover spiral-sliced ham works great!)
  • 2 cans chicken broth
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 large onion (chopped)
  • 2 celery stalks (sliced)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning (love this stuff!)
  • 2 cans red or kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
  • 12 ounces Smoked Turkey or Chicken Sausage (lower fat, sliced)
  • 3 carrots (shredded)
  • 1 green pepper (chopped)
  • 4 cups cooked rice (any rice will work, I like Calrose rice)

Instruction

  • Place meaty ham bone in a large crockpot. Add chicken broth, water, onion, celery, bay leaves, and Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning.
  • Cook for 4-6 hours on high, or 8-10 hours on low.
  • Remove ham bone. When cool enough to handle, cut meat off the bone and coarsely chop into bite size pieces. Discard bone and return chopped ham to crockpot.
  • Add kidney beans, sausage, shredded carrots, and chopped green pepper to the crockpot and stir.
  • Cook another 1 hour on high setting.
  • Cook rice on stovetop or in rice cooker.
  • Remove bay leaves.
  • Serve in bowls over hot, cooked rice. Season to taste with salt and pepper, extra Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning, or tabasco sauce.