Red Beans and Rice
Red Beans and Rice

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way 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 unique. This will be really delicious.

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Red Beans and Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have red beans and rice using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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

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