Old Fashioned Green Beans with Andouille Sausage
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 minutes mins
Cook Time45 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: old-fashioned green beans with andouille sausage
Servings: 8
Calories: 127kcal
Author: Barbara
- 1/2 pound andouille smoked sausage sliced
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 pounds green beans* cleaned and snapped (strung if needed)
- Salt and black pepper to taste
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.
*You can use frozen green beans. Just heat and add to the sausage and onions.
The nutritional information below is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used.
Calories: 127kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 237mg | Potassium: 298mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 599IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg