Spaghetti Recipe & Red Beans & Rice Chili Recipe

Spaghetti Recipe & Red Beans & Rice Chili Recipe

Servings: 8–10

Homemade Spaghetti

Ingredients

* 1–2 boxes spaghetti noodles
* ½ teaspoon salt (for the noodle water)
* 2–3 pounds ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken
* 3–5 frozen breakfast sausage patties
* 3–4 smoked sausages, diced
* 2–3 tablespoons oregano
* 1 tablespoon parsley
* 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
* 2 tablespoons Creole seasoning
* 1 teaspoon black pepper
* 1 teaspoon chili powder
* 2 tablespoons garlic powder
* 3–4 small cans tomato paste
* 2–3 cans tomato sauce
* 3–4 cups water
* 1 diced bell pepper
* 1 diced yellow onion

Instructions

1. Cook the spaghetti in salted water until tender. Drain and set aside.
2. Brown the ground meat, breakfast sausage, and smoked sausage in a large pot.
3. Add the seasonings, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, bell pepper, and onion. Stir well and simmer for 20–30 minutes.
4. Serve the spaghetti noodles first, then spoon the meat sauce over the top.

Red Beans & Rice Chili

Servings: 8–10

Ingredients

* 5–6 slices chili smoked sausage
* 2 lbs ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken
* 1 bag dry red kidney beans
* 2 cups white rice, rinsed
* ½ yellow onion, diced
* 1 tablespoon oregano
* 2 tablespoons chili powder
* 2–3 packets chili seasoning mix
* 1½ teaspoons black pepper
* ½–1 tablespoon Creole seasoning or seasoning salt
* 2–3 tablespoons garlic powder
* 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
* 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
* 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
* 3 bay leaves
* 1 small can tomato paste
* 1 small can tomato sauce

Instructions

1. Rinse the beans and soak them in water for 1 hour.
2. Brown the ground meat and smoked sausage in a large skillet.
3. Add the soaked beans, cooked meat, bay leaves, and enough water to cover everything by about 2 inches. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook for 2 hours, stirring every 10 minutes. Lower the heat if it begins to boil too hard.
4. Stir in the onion, oregano, chili powder, chili seasoning packets, black pepper, Creole seasoning, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, tomato paste, and tomato sauce.
5. Add the 2 cups of rinsed white rice directly to the pot with the beans and meat. Stir well so the rice is completely covered by the liquid. If needed, add 1–2 cups of hot water to keep the rice submerged.
6. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender and the chili has thickened.
7. Remove the bay leaves and serve hot with crackers.

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