Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice

0 Sort the beans. Remove any broken ones, as well as any plant bits or rocks. Give them a rinse.
1 Place the beans in the basin of the slow cooker.
2 Chop the onion and bell pepper. Mince the garlic. Sprinkle them on top of the red beans in the slow cooker.
3 Season with the red pepper flakes and kosher salt.
4 Slice the (smoked) Andouille sausage*, and place on top of the other ingredients in the slow cooker.
5 Give the ingredients a stir to combine them, then pour in the chicken stock.
6 Cover, and cook on HIGH for 5-6 hours (on LOW for 9-10 hours, though please check it about halfway through and then at the 7-8-hour mark to ensure that it does not run out of liquid and burn), or until the red beans are extremely soft.
7 Serve warm over rice!