Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, red beans and rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Red Beans and Rice is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

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.

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