Title: Red beans & rice mw (usa rice)
 Categories: Main dish, Microwave
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      2 c  Chopped onions
      2    Garlic cloves; minced
      1    Bay leaf
    1/4 ts Cayenne pepper
      8 oz Tomato sauce
      1 ts Worcestershire sauce
    1/4 ts Hot pepper sauce
    1/4 lb Kielbasa sausage
           -- (fully cooked),
           -- cut into 1/4-inch slices
     30 oz Canned pinto beans*; drained
      3 c  Hot cooked rice
 
  Combine onions, garlic, bay leaf, cayenne pepper, tomato sauce,
  Worcestershire, and hot pepper sauce in 3-quart microproof baking
  dish. Cover and cook on HIGH (maximum power) 6 minutes. Add sausage
  and beans; stir.  Reduce setting to MEDIUM (50% power) and cook,
  covered, 10 minutes, stirring after 5 minutes.  Let stand 5 minutes.
  Remove bay leaf. Serve over hot rice. Serve with hot pepper sauce, if
  desired.
  
  *Any type of bean may be substituted.  [Karen suggests a *red* bean.
   ~K.M.]
  
  Each serving provides: * 337 calories * 16.8 g. protein * 16.2 g. fat
  * :  31.9 g. carbohydrate * 871 mg. sodium * 38 mg. cholesterol