Red Beans & Rice Casserole – dirty rice loaded, smoked sausage, red beans, and fried onions. SO good and SUPER easy to make! Zatarain’s Dirty Rice, sour cream, cream of chicken soup, red beans, smoked or andouille sausage, and french fried onions. Can make in advance and refrigerate or freeze for later. #cajun #mardigras #casserole #rice #freezermeal #smokedsausage
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This Red Beans & Rice Casserole is a new favorite at our house. Dirty rice loaded smoked/andouille sausage and red beans and topped with fried onions. OMG! YUM! We ate this for dinner and LOVED it! It is a little spicy and a whole lotta yum! Leftovers are great too. Needless to say, this was a HUGE hit at our house. It is perfect for Mardi Gras or tailgating at LSU football games. I cannot wait to make this again!
How to Make Red Beans & Rice Casserole
This casserole is super easy to make. Start with sautéing some sliced smoked sausage or andouille sausage in a skillet. Next, add a box of Zatarain’s Dirty Rice mix and the ingredients called for on the box. Cook until the rice is done. Stir in some red beans, cream of chicken soup, and sour cream. Spread the mixture into a baking dish and sprinkle with a can of French fried onions. Pop the dish in the oven and dinner is done.
You can assemble this casserole ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze for later. If you are baking the casserole after refrigerating overnight, you might need to add a few minutes to the cooking time. It always takes a few extra minutes if baking a cold dish.
To bake the casserole after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed below. If you are reheating a frozen casserole, thaw the casserole. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350ºF for 30 to 40 minutes, until warm.
What to Serve with Red Beans & Rice
This is a very filling casserole. You don’t need a lot of side dishes to go with it. We usually make some green beans or a salad, and some rolls. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this Cajun casserole:
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Red Beans & Rice Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 (8-oz) box Zatarain’s Dirty Rice
- 1 lb smoked sausage, chopped
- 2 (15-oz) can red beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup undiluted
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 (2.8-oz) can French fried onions
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet, cook smoked sausage until starting to brown. Add dirty rice mix and water called for on the package. Prepare dirty rice according to package directions.
- Remove dirty rice and sausage from heat. Stir in rinsed red beans, cream of chicken soup, and sour cream.
- Spread rice mixture into prepared baking dish. Top casserole with onions.
- Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, until bubbly.
Notes:
- Can make in advance and refrigerate or freeze for later.
- To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed above.
- Can use turkey smoked sausage.
- Can add chicken to the casserole if desired.
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
- You can buy it by the case at Amazon: https://amzn.to/49n4uZE
- Need Gluten-free Cream of Chicken Soup? You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/3MtqQ1s
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
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Forgot to hit those 5 stars! Love so many of your recipes! Easy to make and usually have everything I need on hand
Hands down one of my family’s make again favorites! Something about the flavor mixture that makes you want to eat the whole pan! I would recommend adding the French fried onions in top in the last 10 minutes of baking. I’ve had them burn a few times before I started doing that
I made this tonight and it was delicious!! We loved it! But note to self, you don’t need the tobasco sauce you put on it! As usual, your recipes are wonderful!!
Is this possible to be made in the slow cooker? If so, how could I do it? Thank you in advance! 🙂
Sure. Just mix it up and put it in the slow cooker. Cook it on LOW or HIGH until hot. Maybe 2 or 3 hours on HIGH, 4 to 6 on LOW. ?
We would ahead and usedthe onions and it was delicious!
This looks amazing but wondering if anyone has a substitution for the canned soup? Thanks!
You can use our Homemade Chicken Rice-A-Roni recipe: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
This looks delicious!
My kids are not a fan of French fried onions though… is there any recommendations that might also work?
Thanks for all the great recipes!
I mean, that would just be up to you. I don’t know your kids, so I can not say what they would eat. You can always leave the onion out.
This was delicious! Our family doesn’t like anything spicy, but we all loved this casserole. Very flavorful, and easy! Thanks for this recipe!
Soooo good! Only had one can of beans, but extra sausage and it was delicious!!! Can’t wait to make again with sausage and chicken!
This was the best red beans and rice EVER! My husband and ate this two days in a row. Love it! And easy to make. Thanks for the recipe!