Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, red beans and rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Red beans and rice is an emblematic dish of Louisiana Creole cuisine (not originally of Cajun cuisine) traditionally made on Mondays with red beans, vegetables (bell pepper, onion, and celery), spices (thyme, cayenne pepper, and bay leaf) and pork bones as left over from Sunday dinner. New Orleans-Influenced, Blues-Inspired Roots Music from the Central Coast of California. Red Beans and Rice - So thick, so creamy and so flavorful!
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook 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:
- Prepare 1 lb soaked red beans
- Prepare 3 quarts chicken stock
- Get 2 small white onions, chopped
- Prepare 1 bell pepper, chopped
- Make ready 4 stalks celery, chopped
- Make ready 4 bay leaves
- Get 1 lb andouille sausage
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- Get 2 smoked ham hocks
- Prepare chopped parsley
- Take 2 teaspoons ground dry thyme
- Make ready 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin
- Prepare 1 tablespoon salt
- Prepare 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
- Prepare Sliced Green Onions
- Prepare Cooked Rice
- Prepare Tabasco
- Prepare Butter
Traditional Louisiana red beans and rice also uses Andouille sausage which we did not add, but you could if you wanted. There was plenty of flavor, and plenty of meat, with the smoked shanks. Red Beans and Rice - Creole-Style Spicy Red Beans & Rice Recipe. How to Make Gumbo with Our Foolproof (Surprising) Technique and Tips for Perfect Red Beans and Rice.
Steps to make Red Beans and Rice:
- Brown andouille in a large crock pot, remove when browned on all sides, reserve.
- Add onions and sweat with a bit of salt until translucent in butter.
- Add celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook until fragrant.
- Add cayenne, cumin, dry thyme, and pepper. Stir to combine.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Two brothers inspired by their grandma's vegan cooking 🌱 Now Touring Online! Red beans & rice is a traditional Creole dish made with red beans, veggies, and, often, leftover pork bones. It's traditionally made with soaked dried beans and simmered for hours, but this recipe uses some shortcuts so you can have it on the table in under an hour. And, instead of using a ham hock. Red beans and rice is traditionally made with small red beans, but if you can't find them in your area, you can use red kidney beans (dark or light).
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