Canning Louisiana Red Beans

We discovered a Ball Blue Book tested recipe that includes bacon! These Louisiana Red Beans are fantastic and very easy to put together. We had some for supper with our air fryer chicken and finished a whole jar!

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[TroyTime]

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[marlenekozlowski]

Thank you so much!! This will be canned next week. Thanks so much for sharing. I can now have my beloved Red Beans & Rice with cornbread on a cold winter night, it has been too much to make for just me but now I have the perfect solution! Thanks again for sharing.

[kimbowyer]

Thank you. This is in my canner right now. Thanks for sharing. It smells amazing.

[robyndowning]

Pam, this meal in a jar just looks divine!

[KoniB.]

I needed a new 2025 recipe. Will help use up all this smoked meat leftovers from holidays. Hubby will love this 'un!

[denisepineda]

Boy, this is making my mouth water. I have leftover ham so I may do up some of these. I will need to buy a sausage though. This would be a perfect meal in a jar. I could make some rice and open up the jar and we would have a wonderful winter meal. Thanks for sharing!

[BillMooney-rc]

You should put the chicken broth in with the beans/bacon/ham as you are heating up the beans, so the chicken flavor dissipates and the flavors meld. There is nothing worse than chicken flavored red beans.... LOL.

Also, a very wonderful Louisiana lady, and very good friend, always told me to use "Small Red Beans" rather than Kidney Beans, they just taste better. Though, she never canned There was never any left to can.

[stephaniejackson]

Red beans and rice are one of our favorite dishes.

[ChristinasPaperCreations]

These look so good. Thanks for sharing ❤

[suzanneroberge]

Lovely. I have had the beans to do this recipe (went with small red beans), just waiting for a day that will work to do the canning. Looking forward to having these meals on the shelf.

[rambrn]

turn your towel over after each jar wipe you are smearing any grease contamination from jar to jar

[LouieLou]

I’m definitely trying this! Thanks for sharing!

[jamiewillhite]

Always excited after watching your videos. I have a gift card to Amazon and would like to add a Ball Book to my resources. I do have this year's Ball Blue Book. Which would be a good one to get next? Thank you I value your opinion because you believe in safe canning practices. Happy New Year!

[lindagouge]

Hey Pam! Thank you for this recipe 😊. Can you use any smoked sausage, or does it need to be the andouille?

[evelyngunn]

So if you can us cured meat in these beans can it be used in cabbage, greens or other beans

[Sharon-wtb]

Does anyone know if it’s safe to substitute a different bean for the kidney beans, or perhaps even a mix of beans? The quantity would remain the same.

[prepmompa]

Question....
What are less spicy sausage options for this recipe?
Some in my family love things to be HOT HOT HOT. I prefer just a bit of spice since food that hurts doesn't appeal to me. I've also got grand-littles who don't tolerate so much heat.
The high spice in many beans with rice recipes has always scared me away.

[cfkkirby]

I dont handle spices well, think i could use smoked sausage?

[carolynschieferstine]

Can I use other kinds of beans for this recipe? I suddenly want to do all the beans I have. Although I admit I am asking g the question before reading the recipe.

[cybordiva]

Great recipe, but don't you think that it would be better to rehydrate beans in water and cook smocked ham bit in chicken broth (You'll need to heat it up anyway) so you will not loose the smoky flavour of the meat.