Recipe - Sausage Bean Chowder

1 pound Mild pan pork sausage
16 ounce Pinto or red kidney beans,
undrained
16 ounce Stewed tomatoes, cut up
2 cup Water (more if too thick)
1 md Onion, minced
2 md Potatoes, minced
1 Bay leaf
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Garlic salt
One fourth teaspoon Thyme
1/8 teaspoon Black pepper
One half cup Green pepper, chopped

Brown sausage meat in skillet; break it up as you stir. If necessary, pour
off fat. In large pot combine undrained beans, water, tomatoes, onions &
seasonings. Add browned sausage meat, potatoes & green pepper. Simmer,
covered, 1 hour.

Good served with garlic toast.

NOTES : If you wish to double recipe, double everything except the sausage.
If you like it a little spicy, add a can or part of a can of RoTel and if
you like another can of beans.

Recipe by: Mama

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter, by Sherry Zeiss
zeiss@tab.com on Mon, 13 Jan 1997.