Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Sausage

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Title: Red Beans and Rice with Smoked Sausage
Categories: Meats, Sausages, Rice/grains, Beans
Yield: 4 servings

1 lb Dried red beans 1 ea Garlic clove chopped
1 1/2 lb Smoked sausage cut 1 ts Dried thyme
1 x Into chunks 1 ts Ground pepper
8 oz Smoked ham shanks 1/2 ts Sage
1 ea Large onion chopped 1 pn Cayenne pepper
1 x Salt 1 x Freshly cooked rice

Place beans in Dutch oven and cover generously with water. Let soak 30
minutes. Add remaining ingredients to beans except salt and rice. Bring to
boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer
until beans are tender, adding more water if necessary (about 2 1/2
hours). Add salt to taste. Discard ham
bones. Remove about 3 tablespoons of beans from mixture and mash to
paste; return to Dutch oven and stir. Simmer 15 more minutes. Serve over
hot rice.

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