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    Canned Pinto Beans and Rice with Sausage

    Published: Apr 30, 2021 · Modified: Sep 7, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Creamy pinto beans prepared with sausages and served up with rice. This is a quick and healthy stove top weeknight dinner meal.
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    2 servings
    5 from 1 vote
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    Pinto Beans and rice prepared with canned beans and stewed over the stovetop with sausages.

    This is a quick and easy healthy dinner meal. It's comforting and effortless to put together after a long day at work.

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    🧅 Ingredients

    You will need a few pantry ingredients to make this from scratch with canned beans, AND you can enhance it further with a seasoning of your choice. Ideas further below.

    • rice - I like to use basmati rice but you can use any other white or brown rice.
    • pinto beans - canned. Either store-bought canned beans or homemade canned beans.
    • oil - any will do. I use olive, canola, vegetable, or sunflower oil.
    • onion - red, white, yellow, or shallot.
    • garlic
    • tomato sauce - plain unflavored/ tomato passata
    • salt
    • black pepper
    • water or vegetable stock for added flavors
    spoon full of pinto beans stewed

    🌶 Seasoning

    I made this recipe easy, with just a few ingredients, so that anybody can try do make it at home.

    But I do like to season my pinto beans further.

    Just add one of the following spice and herb combinations to your beans during the cooking process.

    • bay leaf + nutmeg + crushed allspice
    • rosemary + thyme + savory herb. Dried or fresh.
    • Mexican seasoning to make it like arroz con frijoles
    • sazon seasoning
    • Cajun seasoning for southern-inspired flavors
    • Creole seasoning for Caribbean-style pinto beans
    • fresh or dried curry leaves. Adds some Indian flavors but it's a super tasty food discovery!
    • Dijon mustard - This is my secrete favorite. Mix in after the cooking process to the beans.

    🔪 How to make it?

    Here is how to make these delicious pinto beans with rice.

    Step 1

    Cook rice as per package instructions.

    Slice onion and chop garlic.

    slice onion

    Step 2

    Saute onion and garlic in oil.

    Add pinto beans, tomato sauce, seasoning, water and sausages and mix.

    cook beans with seasoning, tomato sauce and water and sausage

    Step 3

    Cook pinto beans until done.

    Serve beans with rice.

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    🍴 Serving

    I just love my hot oh so delicious creamy pinto beans with plain salted cooked basmati rice.

    But you have options!

    You can serve up your beans with cauliflower rice, cilantro-lime rice, aromatic clove rice, or even bright yellow lemon rice with mustard seeds.

    As a side dish, I highly recommend a small light salad to balance out the flavors and nutritious intake of vitamins and minerals.

    A small salad can be a green lettuce salad, a shredded carrot, or a radish salad.

    homemade canned pinto beans with sausages

    🍱 Storing

    Leftover can be refrigerated and heated up again. They usually even taste better the next day (I'm not kidding you!).

    Place the leftovers in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 5 days.

    Reheat over the stove top over a slow heat setting so that the beans don't burn on OR reheat in a microwave save container in the microwave.

    You can also freeze your pinto beans (without the rice). Just prepare batches and freeze in a freezer-friendly, suitable container.

    Then just take them out and thaw if you have time. Or else, just place them frozen over the stove top heat, and reheat until your beans are nice and hot.

    The rice can be cooked separately from scratch.

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    • French Green Lentils with Sausage
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    Canned Pinto Beans and Rice with Sausage Recipe

    Creamy pinto beans prepared with sausages and served up with rice. This is a quick and healthy stove top weeknight dinner meal.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American
    pinto beans and rice, stovetop pinto beans and rice
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 2 servings
    Calories: 783kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    For the rice

    • 1 cup rice
    • salt pinch
    • water to sover and cook rice

    For the pinto beans

    • 2 can pinto beans *see Notes
    • 1 Tablespoon Oil olive, sunflower, canola, vegetable
    • 1 Onion any
    • 2 cloves Garlic fresh
    • 7 ounces Sausage *see Notes
    • ¼ cup Tomato Sauce
    • 1 Teaspoon Salt
    • ½ Teaspoon Black Pepper
    • 1 cup Water *see Notes

    To garnish

    • Cilantro to garnish
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    For the rice

    • Cook rice with water and salt until cooked through or as per the package instructions.

    For the pinto beans

    • Slice onion and chop garlic.
    • Heat up a medium-sized pan with the oil and stir in onion slices first. Saute until the onions appear a bit soft.
    • Stir in garlic and continue to saute for a minute or two over a medium heat setting.
    • Pour in pinto beans and mix it all up. Keep over a high to medium heat setting.
    • Pour in tomato sauce, season with salt and black pepper, and pour in water. (at this point you can add a seasoning blend, see post for ideas).
    • Mix it all up and keep over a medium heat setting.
    • Cover and cook for about 10 minutes, uncover, and cook for another 5 minutes over a medium heat setting.
    • Stir occassionally and remove from the heat when you are satisfied with the thickness.

    Serving

    • Serve up cooked rice with pinto beans.
    • Garnish with fresh cilantro.

    Notes

    • 1 pinto beans can = 16 oz/450 gram
    • pick pork sausages because those add flavors and compliment your beans. You can add any of the following sausages: andouille, Vienna sausage links, Italian sausage, polish kielbasa, or some smoked pork sausages. I used some kind of German brats in the video.
    • switch water with vegetable stock for extra flavors
    • you can season this dish further during the cooking process. Add a teaspoon or two of Mexican seasoning, cajun seasoning, creole seasoning, sazon seasoning or see post for more ideas.

    Equipment

    • Cutting Board
    • 8" Chef Knife
    • Medium Pot with Lid (5 qt)

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Canned Pinto Beans and Rice with Sausage Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 783 Calories from Fat 90
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 10g15%
    Saturated Fat 1g5%
    Trans Fat 1g
    Sodium 1313mg55%
    Potassium 1480mg42%
    Carbohydrates 147g49%
    Fiber 22g88%
    Sugar 8g9%
    Protein 27g54%
    Vitamin A 137IU3%
    Vitamin C 10mg12%
    Calcium 253mg25%
    Iron 8mg44%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Pamela DCosta says

      May 03, 2021 at 2:26 pm

      Sounds really yum. I Wii try this soon. ...can I use Goa Sausage in this recipe?? Please let me know.

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      • Helene Dsouza says

        May 05, 2021 at 12:07 pm

        You can use Goa Chorizo Sausage too if you like. It will be surely flavorful. If you use Goa sausage, I recommend the ones from Margao. 🙂

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