Easy Red Beans and Rice

One thing I like to do for quick and easy meal is Red Beans and Rice. This is my mom's recipe and I grew up eating this stuff and it was always one of my favorites. Very easy to do and just all around good stuff. Here's your list:

1 package of smoked sausage
2 cans of light red kidney beans
1 stick of lightly salted butter
1/2 cup of Flour
3 cups of cooked rice
garlic powder
cayenne pepper
oregano
basil
salt
black pepper

Dice up the smoked sausage or Kielbasa and brown in a stock pot. Once browned after about 4 minutes stirring regularly, remove the sausage to the side and keep the drippings in the pot. Melt the stick of butter in the pot and then add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon. Yes a wooden spoon. Stir and cook the rue that you just created until it turns a light brown color and then add 2 cups of water. Add 2 more cups of water once mixture thickens again and then add another cup once that thickens until the mixture cooks in and will the spoon with a slow drip. Add the sausage back in and the 2 cans of beans, juice and all. Add the spices and herbs and add 3 dashes of hot sauce and reduce heat to medium low for 10 minutes. Add in the rice, mix in, and you're ready for dinner. This should take approximately 30 minutes from start to finish including the rice. Enjoy it.