Bean And Sausage Bake In Your Dutch Oven

If you have a Dutch oven, such as the All Clad Dutch Oven 5.5, you will love all the one pot meals you can make with them. What is even better, you do not have to watch the pot as much as when you are cooking on the stove. So, you can do other things while dinner is taking care of itself.

This Bean And Sausage Bake only takes a little more than half and hour to make and it is surprisingly tasty. So, here is your recipe:

Bean And Sausage Bake In Your Dutch Oven

What You Need:

• 1 onion, halved and sliced thin
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 (14 oz.) cans of Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 t dried thyme
• 1 t celery seeds
• 1/2 t of salt
• 1/4 t of pepper
• 6 (1 ½ lbs.) sausage links
• 1 zucchini, sliced thin
• 2 (14 oz.) cans diced tomatoes, drained

How to Make It:

1. Set the oven temperature to 450 degrees allowing the oven to preheat.
2. Spray the lid, sides and bottom of a cast iron Dutch oven with a non stick cooking spray.
3. Scatter the onions over the bottom of the pan.
4. Scatter the garlic over the onions.
5. Place the beans into the pan and spread them out into a smooth layer.
6. Sprinkle the beans with the thyme, celery seeds, salt and pepper
7. Lay the sausage links in a single layer over the beans.
8. Add the zucchini and tomatoes.
9. Cover the pan and bake 35 minutes or until the beans are tender the sausage is cooked through.

Makes 4 servings

Any type of pork sausage links works well in this dish but if you want to make it a low fat dish use turkey sausage instead. 5 or 6 fresh tomatoes, chopped may be used in place of the canned tomatoes if you prefer.

I personally serve this dish with rice and a mixed salad. Of course, fresh home baked bread will also be very tasty, so if you have a breadmaker, such as a Cuisinart Cbk 100 Programmable Breadmaker, you can serve it with fresh crusty bread and it will be a real treat. So, try this Beans and Sausage Bake and see how tasty it is.