Serving size for red beans and rice (large scale)

A pound of dry beans will make 8 cups of cooked beans if it has 3/4 lb of sausage in it. How big a serving do you want?

The rice should be 2/3 the amount of your beans per serving. So cook between 5 & 6 cups of rice (cooked) per pound of dry beans.

A pound of beans with 1 lb sausage feeds 5 people imo

Yeah I was thinking 2lbs with a bunch of meat should be fine.

Beans are cheap, cook extra when cooking for 12

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I'd do 4 pounds of beans. Leftover red beans are a gift from God, should you have any. And you should.

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I agree since I often cook 4 lbs. of beans myself and wind up putting several quart bags in the freezer for later use. Just last night I pulled 2 quart bags for dinner and 4 of us ate and I still have at least 2 nice servings left in the fridge.

You can't hurt beans freezing them. Just make sure if you use freezer bags to "burp" the bag to get the air out before zipping it closed and they will stay fresh longer.

Load up on sausage and it'll go further.

I did 4 lbs of beans in my last batch and it served over 20.