Recipe - Beans And Sausage

4 pound Bulk pork sausage
1 cup Instant minced onion
1/3 cup Sweet pepper flakes
108 ounce Kidney beans; (No. 10 can)*
105 ounce Tomatoes; (No. 10 can)
2 tablespoon Salt
2 tablespoon Chili powder
1/8 teaspoon Garlic powder
One half cup Flour; unsifted
One half cup Water

* A No. 10 can is the equivalent of 7 (16oz) cans of kidney beans or 4
(28oz) cans. Line four 8x8inch baking pans with heatresistant freezer
wrap. Allow enough extra wrap to fold over top. Use one pan for each six
servings or onefourth of the recipe. Do not line pans for food to be
served without freezing.

Crumble sausage; brown with onion and pepper flakes. Drain off fat. Add
beans, tomatoes, salt, chili powder, and garlic powder. Mix flour and
water until smooth. Stir into sausage mixture. Simmer about 30 minutes or
until thickened, stirring occasionally.

TO SERVE WITHOUT FREEZING: Serve hot mixture over cooked rice.

TO FREEZE: Pour each part to be frozen into a baking pan. Pack food
tightly to avoid air pockets. Cool for 30 minutes at room temperature.
Complete wrapping by pulling paper up over top of food. Put edges of wrap
together and fold several times so paper lies directly on top of food. Fold
ends of freezer wrap over the top and seal with freezer tape. Label with
name of food, date of freezing, and last date the food should be used for
best eating quality (about 4 months). Freeze immediately for 10 to 12
hours before removing packages from the pans.

TO HEAT FROZEN FOOD: Preheat oven to 400ø F. (hot). Remove freezer wrap.
Place food in baking pan. Heat 1 One half hours or until mixture is bubbly at
edges and center is hot. Serve over cooked rice.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #184

Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 11:22:06 0500

From: "R. Winters" rosie@iadfw.net
Serving Ideas : Serve over hot rice.

NOTES : This recipe is for 24 servings (about 1 cup each). Directions
are=
given for dividing the prepared food into four parts of six
servings each. =
One part may be completely cooked and served at the time of
preparation. =
The remaining parts may be frozen.