Spicy sausage-cranberry-baked bean ragout

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 teaspoon Oil; (1 to 3)
1 cup Chopped onions
1 pounds Fully-cooked smoked sausage links
2 teaspoons Cumin seed
1 can Baked beans; 28-oz.
1 can Chopped green chiles; 4.5-oz.
⅔ cup Canned whole berry cranberry sauce
⅓ cup Sweetened dried cranberries
1 Chopped chipotle chile in adobo sauce OR 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Fresh cilantro sprigs; if desired

Directions

Remove skin from smoked sausage links, if desired; cut into ½-inch slices. Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add onions and smoked sausage; cook 7 to 10 minutes or until sausage is browned and onions are tender, stirring frequently. Add cumin seed; cook 1 minute.

Drain. Add beans, green chiles, cranberry sauce, dried cranberries and chipotle chile; mix well. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook 5 to 7 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally. To serve, spoon into serving bowl. Garnish with cilantro. If desired, serve with French bread. 4 (1-⅓-cup) servings. NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING: SERVING SIZE: 1-⅓ Cups; Calories 830; Calories from Fat 370; Total Fat 41g; Saturated 14g; Cholesterol l80 mg; Sodium 1980 mg; Total Carbohydrate 85g; Dietary Fiber 14g; Sugars 43g; Protein 29g; Vitamin A 4%; Vitamin C 25%; Calcium 15%; Iron 35%. DIETARY EXCHANGES: 2-½ Starch, 3 Fruit, 3 High-Fat Meat, 3½ Fat OR 5 ½ Carbohydrate, 3 High-Fat Meat, 3 ½ Fat. Recipe from Marta Rallis, Los Angeles, California; Finalist in the 1998 Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest. Formatted by Lynn Thomas dcqp82a@.... Source: Quick & Easy Bake-Off; 38th Contest Cookbook. Lynn's notes: Made this 3-12-98; used Healthy Choice kielbasa and added 2 cloves chopped garlic and 1 can corn. This was a quick meal to get ready (30 min.) and was very tasty.

Recipe by: Quick & Easy Bake-Off Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by WWGQ25C@... (MRS LYNN P THOMAS) on Mar 13, 1998

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