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Best Smoked Sausage to Go with Red Beans & Rice? (Update on Pg. 5)

Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:33 pm
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
16420 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:33 pm
Recs?

A summary of all the recs:
1) Hickory smoked sausage made at Fernwood Grocery in Fernwood, Ms
2) Hebert’s specialty meats has a shop in Katy, TX
3) Teets in Ville Platte, LA
4) Smoked sausage at Rouses
5) Savoies andouille
6) Trace Atkins. It is made around Springhill, LA,
7) Bourgeois Meat Market in Schriever, LA
8) Tramonte's
9) Chris' Specialty Meats, Red Stick?
10) Comeaux's andouille
11) Double D, Bogalusa, LA
12) Bergeron's Boudin and Cajun Meats of Shreveport, LA
13) Fontenot's out of Ville Platte, LA
14) Jacob's andouille, LaPlace, LA
15) Bergeron's Port Allen, LA
16) Maxwell's andouille
17) Midway Grocery Store, Katy, TX
18) Mechess Meat market Opelousas, LA
19) Rabideaux's
20) Creole Country Smoked Chaurice
21) Richard's.
22) Conecuh, Evergreen, AL
23) Benoit’s, Addis, LA
24) French Settlement Sausage Co, French Settlement, LA
25) Veron’s, Laffy?
This post was edited on 12/10/16 at 5:50 pm
Posted by Geaux2Hell
BR
Member since Sep 2006
4790 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:42 pm to
A smokehouse like Benoits, bergerons or even tramontes is better than anything you'll get from a grocery store...if you're stuck getting smoked sausage at the Wally World or Winn Dixie or whatever then Verons is alright. Store bought smoked sausage just lacks flavor to me.

Wanted to add French settlement sausage is also decent for store bought
This post was edited on 1/21/14 at 10:44 pm
Posted by Oenophile Brah
The Edge of Sanity
Member since Jan 2013
7540 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:44 pm to
I'll say, contrary to G2H, Rouses does a smoked sausage in house that is very good. I'm not sure they carry it at every store but do here in NOLA.

Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50110 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:45 pm to
Order some Rabideaux's
This post was edited on 1/21/14 at 10:47 pm
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
16420 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:48 pm to
My options are limited some in Katy. There's a TX brand Holmes that makes an ok andouille. Lot of beef sausages here but not my preference for red beans. There's got to be some other options around.
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3974 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 11:06 pm to
I stick with Conecuh, it's all about dem beans.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47374 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 11:11 pm to
What about a local BBQ joint?
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
13246 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 12:37 am to
For a basic smoked sausage...I like Richard's. Let the haters commence.
Posted by Lambdatiger1989
NOLA
Member since Jan 2012
2290 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 5:06 am to
Creole Country Smoked Chaurice
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
5835 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 5:20 am to
Double D
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
13933 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 6:06 am to
I've used Richard's and Savoie's for years, but now that I've had Rabideaux's, that's the one I want. It has a stronger smoked taste than the others, so I guess it depends on what you like in your red beans.
Posted by Kajungee
South ,Section 6 Row N
Member since Mar 2004
17033 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 6:10 am to
Meches.
Mechess Meat market Opelousas

Posted by TexasTiger
Katy TX
Member since Sep 2003
5324 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 6:45 am to
quote:

My options are limited some in Katy


Go by Midway Grocery Store and buy some of their fresh made smoked sausage.

I don't know where at in Katy you live but this place is off old 90 in Old Katy.
This post was edited on 1/22/14 at 6:48 am
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9553 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 8:58 am to
If I don't have some andouille from Laplace, I like Double D.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37743 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 9:50 am to
Unless you have a supply in your freezer of good stuff from our neighbors to the south, you're pretty much stuck with Richards, Savoies, or Manda up here. So using one of the above and bolstering your pot of beans with a big fat smoked ham hock or two is the way to go imo.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47374 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 10:46 am to
I've used Savoie's and while it doesn't have a strong smoked flavor, the andouille is seasoned well and does provide flavor. Agree with Mr. Balls on getting a smoked hock or some chunks of a good smoked ham and either making a stock with those or letting them cook with the beans for more of a smoked flavor.

An alternative is to buy what you have there and throw it on your smoker for a bit to get the flavor you'd like. I also suggested getting some smoked sausage from a bbq/smoked joint in the area. I've done that a few times for gumbo and it worked very well.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112460 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 10:52 am to
Call me a snob but I would never use grocery store sausage for gumbo or RBR. I've tried Savoie's and Richards and it's crap.

I go with Maxwell's andouille and if I want fresh sausage I go with Maxwell's Italian. And I've gotta drive 30 miles to get to Maxwell's.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
13933 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 11:25 am to
I tried Manda based on someone's rec here and I didnae care for it.

A smoked hock is a good thing to add to beans. Mmmm.
Posted by arseinclarse
Algiers Purnt
Member since Apr 2007
34412 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 11:41 am to
I usually grill some polska kielbasa and serve it on the side. I also use a mignonette sauce on top of my beans.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47374 posts
Posted on 1/22/14 at 11:47 am to
quote:

I usually grill some polska kielbasa


This is what Paul Prudhomme suggests as a sub for andouille if that's not available.

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