For another layer of flavor saute the sausage slices in a skillet until you get a good layer of brown fond, pull the sausage, then add some chopped onions, celery, and bell peppers to the skillet and saute them so the moisture they release, and you stirring them around, raises the fond. Then dump the skillet contents into the red beans for cooking.
That's how I did mine....and not because I'm so smart but because the recipe told me to....
I used twice the amount called for though....I do the same thing with Gumbo....I loves me me some "Holy Trinity".....least I think that's what Cajuns call it....
LD.....I've got friends coming in a couple of days and then I'm going fishing over the 4th but you can bet I'll be making a batch with Shrimp when I get back....I'll post pix but I'm sure it won't look as good as yours does....
