Smothered Cajun Green Beans are a great side dish to serve with any southern meal. Fresh green beans are slow cooked in chicken broth with red potatoes and flavored with bacon, onion, cajun seasoning, and Andouille sausage.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Southern
Keyword cajun
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 55 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Ingredients
4slicesbacon,cut into 1/2-inch pieces
8ouncesAndouille sausage,sliced
1mediumonion,diced
1tablespoonbutter
1 1/2tablespoonsall-purpose flour
2cupschicken broth
1/2cupwater
1 1/2poundsfresh green beans,trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
Cook bacon in a Dutch oven or large pot until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside.
Add sausage to the pot and cook in the bacon grease until browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Add onion to the pot and cook until softened, 4 to 5 minutes.
Add butter and when it melts, sprinkle flour over the onions. Cook and stir for 1 minute.
Gradually whisk in chicken broth, scraping up the browned bits off the bottom of the pot.
Add water, green beans, Cajun seasoning, black pepper, and garlic powder. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer. Cover and cook for 25 minutes.
Add potatoes. Stir them in so they are submerged as much as possible. If you need to, add a little more water.Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
Uncover the Dutch oven and add sausage. Cook uncovered for 15 minutes.