Very good recipe. Andouille sausage can be sustituted with smoked sausage without much of an affect on taste. If you like it thicker you can take out a cup of the cooked beans and mash them with a fork. It thickens it up and makes it creamier.

We have a tradition in which I (the husband) cook dinner once a week. I always try to make it special. We both love Cajun cuisine but there are no good Cajun restaurants in this area. This recipe really hit the spot. (Thank goodness the local meat market carries andouille sausage.) I followed the recipe precisely except I didn't add any salt. This soup with cornbread made for a great meal.

Hubby really liked this one. Kids, not so much. But do kids really count on a classic like this?lol!

Gets a couple stars knocked off because real Red Beans & Rice is made with actual "red beans" and NOT red KIDNEY beans. I don't know if northerners can't find this, but Bush's and Trappey's has the canned variety of "red beans". Red beans look like black-eyed peas except they're red - quite different in look and taste from kidney beans. I should think that andouille would be harder to find than red beans. Why not use the real thing in an otherwise good recipe? If you have to substitute kidney beans for red beans, may as well substitute smoked sausage for the andouille.

Delicious! My husband and i loved it. Described as "spicy" but wasnt spicy at all, not even a little bit.... or was it because i used a different kind of sausage? I couldnt find andouille sausgae so i used a regular smoked sausage.Never had andouille either so im not sure if that what was suppose to be the "spice" in the soup. Anyway..spicey or not it had great flavor. Make sure you taste your soup before you add your salt. The chicken broth had plenty of sodium so i didnt have to add any salt. I also used red beans instead of kidney.Other than that followed the recipe exactly. Will definitely make again.

This soup was kicking! I had a party of 12 people & everyone said it was great. The flavors blended nicely. I added some chunked leftover ham & served with white rice. 5 stars all the way! Used smoked sausage & red beans instead of kidney. I did pick out the fat pieces from the bacon as it floated to the top, but well worth the effort.

This had a very good flavor. I followed the recipe almost exactly, the only changes were that I used 2 ham hocks instead of 1, added 2 tsp of cajun as suggested and I only added 7 cups of broth instead of 8. I still felt like it was thin. I was hoping for something a little heartier so next time I'll try 5 or 6 cups of broth and see how that works.

I made this recipe without the sausage because I think sausage overpowers the other ingredients. I also used smoked ham hocks and cayenne pepper. No extra salt needed. Loved it! Served it with a garlic stuffed pot roast and rice. Yummy!

My 83 year old mother loves this recipe as do I. I didn't have the ham or as much andouille as needed but used some kielbasa. Turned out great!

This tastes wonderful! A great chilly-day soup. I turned this into a crockpot recipe. Only modifications I made was to skip the oil and just fry the bacon in it's own oil and then poured the drippings into the crock. I also put 3/4 cup uncooked brown rice in with the rest to cook in all the juices. Next time, I think i'll make more broth, though.

Wonderful! I left out the ham hock and made extra bacon instead. Delicious! Will make again.

I had never had red beans & rice in my life, my boyfriend loves them, so I tried this recipe and it was a huge hit. Definetly one I will make again.

I followed this recipe exactly; it was not nearly spicy enough. I cooked it for a while longer after adding some additional seasoning. My husband is from the south; I asked him to rate this.

Served this to my family and they raved about this recipe. Thank you. :-)

I live in South Mississppi, and my family LOVES this recipe! I leave out bacon and ham hock, I mix Anduoille sausage and smokey hollow cajun sausage. Also, I use 4 cans Van Camps New Orleans style Canned red beans instead of dried kidney beans....Also, cut the chicen broth in half, we like it thick! Huge winner in our house!

My husband must have said "this is delicious" 10 times. Thanks so much!

Replaced the ham hock with a smoked turkey leg and then diced up the turkey meat into the soup afterwards. Yummy!