Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, red beans and rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Red Beans and Rice is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 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. Get 1 lb soaked red beans
2. Take 3 quarts chicken stock
3. Prepare 2 small white onions, chopped
4. Take 1 bell pepper, chopped
5. Prepare 4 stalks celery, chopped
6. Prepare 4 bay leaves
7. Make ready 1 lb andouille sausage
8. Get 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
9. Take 2 smoked ham hocks
10. Make ready chopped parsley
11. Get 2 teaspoons ground dry thyme
12. Get 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
13. Take 1 teaspoon cumin
14. Get 1 tablespoon salt
15. Take 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
16. Prepare Sliced Green Onions
17. Prepare Cooked Rice
18. Take Tabasco
19. Get Butter

Every Monday, every kitchen in New Orleans and suburbia has a pot of beans cooking. 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. Pour soaked beans and water into the pot and bring to a simmer.

Instructions 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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