Red Beans and Rice
Red Beans and Rice

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, red beans and rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red beans and rice using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans and Rice:
  1. Make ready 1 lb soaked red beans
  2. Take 3 quarts chicken stock
  3. Take 2 small white onions, chopped
  4. Get 1 bell pepper, chopped
  5. Make ready 4 stalks celery, chopped
  6. Get 4 bay leaves
  7. Take 1 lb andouille sausage
  8. Get 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
  9. Make ready 2 smoked ham hocks
  10. Take chopped parsley
  11. Get 2 teaspoons ground dry thyme
  12. Make ready 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
  13. Get 1 teaspoon cumin
  14. Prepare 1 tablespoon salt
  15. Take 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
  16. Take Sliced Green Onions
  17. Prepare Cooked Rice
  18. Prepare Tabasco
  19. Make ready Butter

I have to say, I make one of the best dishes of RB&R ever! Its easy, and you don't need a lot of spices, You don't need to soak them, either. Add the onion, bell pepper, celery, salt and pepper to the pot. Pour soaked beans and water into the pot and bring to a simmer.

Steps to make Red Beans and Rice:
  1. Brown andouille in a large crock pot, remove when browned on all sides, reserve.
  2. Add onions and sweat with a bit of salt until translucent in butter.
  3. Add celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook until fragrant.
  4. Add cayenne, cumin, dry thyme, and pepper. Stir to combine.
  5. Add chicken stock to pot, as well as the ham hocks, bay leaves, and the soaked red beans, bring to a boil and cover, stirring occasionally.
  6. When beans are cooked through and tender, remove bay leaves and ham hocks (reserve the hocks), then use an immersion blender or your wooden spatula to break a portion of the beans down to give the dish a creamy texture. Reduce heat to a bare simmer.
  7. Slice reserved andouille, and break ham hocks down, removing the meat from the bones. Discard bones and skin. Add meats back to pot and stir to combine.
  8. When meat is brought up to temp (about 5 minutes), add chopped parsley, stir, and serve immediately over rice. Top with green onions and tabasco/crystal hot sauce to taste.

Add black pepper, cayenne, salt and all herbs except parsley. Red beans and rice is a southern staple! These beans are even better than Popeye's. They are so creamy and flavorful, with the perfect Cajun spice! Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large saucepan.

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