Spicy Sausage, Chicken and Bean Pot

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: Rachael Ray

Serves 8 people

Categories: Chicken, Main Dish, Pork, Rachael Ray

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 3/4 lb spicy bulk sausage, Italian
  • 3/4 lb andouille sausage, cut on an angle into 1-inch lengths
  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into thirds
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 large onion, thinly sliced
  • 4 celery ribs, thinly sliced
  • 2 carrots, shredded
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans cannellini beans
  • 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
  • 5 -6 sprigs sage, leaves cut into thin strips and stems discarded
  • 1/2 baguette
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup Italian parsley, chopped
  • 3 -4 sprigs thyme, leaves chopped and stems discarded

Directions

  1. In a Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat.

  2. Crumble in the Italian sausage and brown lightly, about 3 minutes.

  3. Add the andouille and cook until crisp on the edges, 2-3 minutes.

  4. Drain sausages on a paper-towel-lined plate.

  5. Season the chicken lightly with salt and pepper.

  6. Add to the pot and cook, turning once, until lightly browned, about 2 minutes on each side.

  7. Add the onion, celery, carrots and bay leaf, season with salt and pepper and cook until softened, 7-8 minutes.

  8. Add the wine and simmer until nearly dry, about 5 minutes.

  9. Return the sausages to the pot, add the cannellini beans, chicken broth and sage and cook until heated through.

  10. Preheat the broiler.

  11. Using a food processor, coarsely chop the baguette.

  12. Toss bread with the melted butter, parsley and thyme; season with salt and pepper.

  13. Scatter the bread over the sausage and chicken and broil until browned, 2-3 minutes.

  14. Serve from the pot, discarding the bay leaf.

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