Old Fashioned Green Beans with Andouille Sausage are full of flavor and can be served as a side dish or your main dish. Use fresh or frozen green beans to make this flavorful dish.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: old-fashioned green beans with andouille sausage
Servings: 8
Author: Barbara
Ingredients
1/2poundandouille smoked sausagesliced
1small onionchopped
1teaspoonsugar
2Tablespoonsred wine vinegar
1 1/2poundsgreen beans*cleaned and snapped (strung if needed)
Salt and black pepperto taste
Instructions
Steam green beans in a steamer basket in a saucepan for 20-25 minutes or until fork tender; set aside.
In a medium skillet, crisp up andouille sausage until oil is rendered out.
Remove sausage, leaving fat in the pan.
Add onions to the fat and cook until translucent, around 5 minutes.
Remove onions; set aside with sausage.
Stir in sugar and vinegar into hot skillet cooking over medium heat just until sugar is dissolved.
Add the green beans, sausage and onions back to the pan,.
Season well with salt and pepper.
Serve with a drizzle of olive oil on top.
Notes
*You can use frozen green beans. Just heat and add to the sausage and onions.