Red Beans And Rice With Hot Sausage Using Crock Pot - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb dried red kidney beans
3 bay leaves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cajun seasoning
1/2 - 1 lb hot sausage, tube and not bulk, andouille & Cajun is best
hot sauce

Preparation

Rinse red beans and remove any debris.
Add 7 cups of water, bay leaves, seasoning and the red beans to the crock pot.
Set crock pot to high setting.
Let cook for 4-6 hours or until beans soften.
Remove about 1/2 cup of beans and mash then return to crock pot.
Cut tube sausage into about 1/8\" slices.
Brown slices in skillet then drain.
Add sausage slices to red beans.
Sauce with thicken over time and more so on reheating. If thicker consistency desired, mash more beans and return to crock pot. It will appear a bit thin at this point.
Cook on low for another 2-3 hours.
Serve over rice with French bread or similar.
Add hot sauce, like Tobasco, as desired.