One-Pot meals, like this One-Pot Cajun Rice with Sausage, are great for hitting your macros and for meal prep! You can easily combine your protein, carbs, and fats into one pot, making adjustments based on your personal macro goals, as you add the ingredients. Typically these types of meals reheat really well making them perfect for meal prep!
Ingredients to make One-Pot Cajun Rice with Sausage:
- ½ tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Yellow Onion sliced, (300 grams)
- 1 Red Bell Pepper sliced, (200 grams)
- 3 cloves Fresh Garlic diced, (30 grams)
- 4 links Fire Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Sausage sliced
- 1 can Reduced Sodium Black Beans drained and rinsed, (1, 15-ounce can)
- 2 cups Water
- ¾ cup Cajun Spice Rice (100 grams)
- 15 Cherry Tomatoes cut in half, (150 grams)
- ½ Avocado sliced, (50 grams)
- 1 tbsp Cilantro optional
Instructions:
- Heat a large saute pan to medium heat. Once the pan is hot add your oil, onions, and peppers. Cook the veggies for 5 minutes, stirring every minute or so.
- After 5 minutes add your garlic and sliced sausage to the pan, and cook for 3 minutes mixing in with your peppers and onions.
- Now add your 2 cups of water and rice to the pan. Bring the heat up to a boil and allow to boil for 1 minute. Then turn the heat down just below boiling but the water is still simmering. Give everything a good stir, and cover with a lid, and cook for 10 minutes.
- While cooking covered, combine your cut tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro in a small bowl and toss together. Season with just a pinch of salt. Then set the bowl aside.
- After 10 minutes remove the lid from your pan and stir everything together. If there is still a little water left in the pan turn the heat up and cook until the majority of the water has been absorbed. If there was no water left your rice may have become stuck to the bottom, that is ok, mix it all in, the little bit of chard rice is delicious!
- Once the water is absorbed you can plate your cajun rice with sausage.
- Top with your cut tomato, avocado, cilantro mixture, and ENJOY!
One-Pot Cajun Rice with Sausage
Ingredients
- ½ tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Yellow Onion sliced, (300 grams)
- 1 Red Bell Pepper sliced, (200 grams)
- 3 cloves Fresh Garlic diced, (30 grams)
- 4 links Fire Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Sausage sliced
- 1 can Reduced Sodium Black Beans drained and rinsed, (1, 15 ounce can)
- 2 cups Water
- ¾ cup Cajun Spice Rice (100 grams)
- 15 Cherry Tomatoes cut in half, (150 grams)
- ½ Avocado sliced, (50 grams)
- 1 tbsp Cilantro optional
Instructions
- Heat a large saute pan to medium heat. Once the pan is hot add your oil, onions, and peppers. Cook the veggies for 5 minutes, stirring every minute or so.
- After 5 minutes add your garlic and sliced sausage to the pan, cook for 3 minutes mixing in with your peppers and onions.
- Now add your 2 cups of water and rice to the pan. Bring the heat up to a boil allow to boil for 1 minute. Then turn the heat down just below boiling but the water is still simmering. Give everything a good stir, and cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.
- While cooking covered, combine your cut tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro in a small bowl and toss together. Season with just a pinch of salt. Then set the bowl aside.
- After 10 minutes remove the lid from your pan and stir everything together. If there is still a little water left in the pan turn the heat up and cook until the majority of the water has been absorbed. If there was no water left your rice may have become stuck to the bottom, that is ok, mix it all in, the little bit of chard rice is delicious!
- Once the water is absorbed you can plate your cajun rice with sausage.
- Top with your cut tomato, avocado, cilantro mixture, and ENJOY!
Nutrition
Macro Adjustments:
Below outlines the items in each macro group that are easily adjustable to meet your specific macros.
Fat:
Avocado is a great source of fat and the easiest ingredient to adjust the fat in this recipe. The sausage also contains a decent amount of fat. If you wanted to decrease the fat in this recipe you could use a different sausage. The sausage in this recipe has 10 grams of fat per link
Carbohydrates:
The rice and the beans are the carbs in this recipe, you can easily adjust either to hit your carb macro. If making adjustments to the rice, you will want to use 2 parts water to every 1 part rice.
Protein:
The sausage is the main source of protein, using more or less or picking a different sausage with more protein is the easiest way to adjust the protein in this recipe. Keep in mind that the sausage also contains fat.
Meal Prep:
Yes, this is a great dinner or lunch for meal prep and will last in the fridge for up to 6 days.
Freezer Friendly:
Yes, you can freeze this recipe for up to 6 months in an air-tight container. Typically I don’t recommend freezing rice recipes, but the rice in this recipe is made from vegetables which actually makes it more freezer-friendly.
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