Black beans, sausage and rice

Recipe Name:  Black beans, sausage and rice

Story: Many Latin restaurants serve black beans and rice but always seemed liked something was missing.  Bought some smoked sausage and had an idea.  It came out much better than expected.  Try it, you'll like it.

Years you've been making it:   2019

Author / Creator:    Chuck Whittier

Submitted by:     Chuck Whittier

Ingredients:
Black beans, can 15.5 oz

1/2 large onion
Smoked beef sausage, 8 oz's

Brown rice, 1 cup

4 tablespoons bacon grease

Directions: 
Slice smoked sausage into 1/8 " cross sections. Very small. Place bacon grease in frying pan and brown smoked sausage slices on both sides until well browned. Remove and drain on paper towel. Cut entire half onion into cross sections, smaller than 1/4" thick, then cut cross sections in half creating 1/4 onion cross sections, less than a 1/4" thick. Place in bacon grease and sauté until done, translucent and remove, draining but don't place on paper towels. Drain excess bacon grease from frying pan.  Place black beans and liquid into pan and begin warming. Scraping sausage and onion from bottom of pan. After beans come to a boil lower heat to a low simmer for 7 minutes. Then return sausage slices and onions to the pan of beans and continue on a low simmer.  Heat one container of brown rice, when done add to the pan of beans and continue to simmer. Stirring to mix well and simmer for another couple of minutes.

Notes:
Servings 2 - 4