Slow cooker sausage and bean soup is easy to make and is perfect for to serve to a crowd or when you just want to bundle up and stay home.

This one has an indulgent, one of a kind flavor and depth of richness because of a secret ingredient in the sauce, Dr. Pepper which I also use to make my family's favorite fall off the bone crockpot ribs.

Add the savory flavor of Smoked Sausage and you have a winner!

Overhead view of slow cooker sausage and bean soup with rice in white bowl on white plate with fresh bread and butter

Tips for Feeding a Crowd the Easy Way

Close up of black eyes peas, smoked sausage, and rice in a bowl - the finished dish of sausage and bean soup

This slow cooker sausage, peppers and onions, and rice recipe is great for a crowd, serving up to 18, and because it's made in a slow cooker, you can prep it beforehand and then just add some munchies like chips, pretzels, and dips.

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Homegating set up with Dr Pepper and homemade sausage and bean soup with rice in blue bowl

Ingredients

Overhead view of cans of beans, tomatoes and chiles with lids removed on marble countertop

4 - 15.5 ounce cans black-eyed peas, undrained
2 - 10 ounce cans diced tomatoes
1 small can green chiles, undrained
1 12 ounce can Dr Pepper
1 - 14 ounce container of beef broth
2 - 12 ounce packages of Beef Smoked Sausage, sliced

Sliced sausage and Eckrich smoked sausage in package and can of Dr Pepper - homemade sausage and bean soup with rice recipe

fresh green pepper and yellow onion on marble countertop

Chopped green peppers on wooden cutting board and marble countertop ready for sausage and bean soup with rice made in slow cooker recipe

Overhead view of beans in slow cooker pot before making sausage and bean soup with rice

½ onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 family-size package boil in bag rice, uncooked

Overhead view of base for sausage and bean soup with beans, fresh vegetables, chiles, and tomatoes added

overhead view of sausage and bean soup with basic ingredients only - no sausage, beans or rice

Overhead view of sausage and bean soup before adding the sausage

overhead view of sausage and bean soup with sausage being added

overhead view of sausage and bean soup in slow cooker.

Rice being added to sausage and bean soup recipe in slow cooker.

Combine all ingredients except for the rice into slow cooker and stir.

Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours.

Sausage and bean soup with rice in large slow cooker.

Blue bowl with white interior filled with sausage and bean soup with rice.

Cut top off of boil-in-bag rice and pour into cooker. Stir. Cover and cook on HIGH for 20 minutes.

📖 Recipe

Prep Time:30

Cook Time:6

Total Time:6 30

Equipment

Ingredients

4 -15.8 ounce black eyed peas, in can undrained
2- 10 ounce cans diced tomatoes
4 ounces green chiles 1 small can, undrained
12 ounces Dr Pepper 1 can
14 ounces beef broth
2 14 ounce packages Eckrich Smoked Sausage sliced
½ onion chopped
1 green pepper chopped
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
14 ounces white rice uncooked, boil in bag

Instructions

Combine all ingredients except for the rice into slow cooker and stir. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours.
Cut top off of boil-in-bag rice and pour into cooker. Stir. Cover and cook on HIGH for 20 minutes.

As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.

Nutrition

Servings:

Calories: 535kcal

Author: Mary Beth

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