Red Bean and Rice

Here is mine

1 pound Red Kidney soaked over night, drained, fresh water and then boiled for 2 hours
1 large onion chopped
1 Bell pepper chopped
2 stalk celery chopped
8 cloves garlic minced
1 pound smoked ham with bone
1 pound LA style hot sausage, I use the Farmer John brand because that?s all I can get here in Vegas
Around 1 T of thyme leaves
4 bay leaves
Creole season base to taste
Worcestershire to taste
Crystal hot sauce to taste
Salt to taste

Soak beans overnight then drain and replace water. Cooked for 2 hours with the ham bone.
Sauté onion, bell pepper, celery until onions are caramelized then add the garlic and sauté 2 more minuets.
Add diced smoked ham and precooked sausage cut up.
Add beans, seasonings and enough water from the cooked beans to cover mixture
Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours until mixture is creamy.
Serve over cooked rice. I use the Comet brand long grain.

 

[tigerbait]

Red Beans & Rice.... every Monday here in N.O.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: tigerbait
Red Beans & Rice.... every Monday here in N.O.

I'm jealous.

I'll have my house in Slidell one day. Mark my words.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: RickyRoma
Here is mine

1 pound Red Kidney soaked over night, drained, fresh water and then boiled for 2 hours
1 large onion chopped
1 Bell pepper chopped
2 stalk celery chopped
8 cloves garlic minced
1 pound smoked ham with bone
1 pound LA style hot sausage, I use the Farmer John brand because that?s all I can get here in Vegas
Around 1 T of thyme leaves
4 bay leaves
Creole season base to taste
Worcestershire to taste
Crystal hot sauce to taste
Salt to taste

Soak beans overnight then drain and replace water. Cooked for 2 hours with the ham bone.
Sauté onion, bell pepper, celery until onions are caramelized then add the garlic and sauté 2 more minuets.
Add diced smoked ham and precooked sausage cut up.
Add beans, seasonings and enough water from the cooked beans to cover mixture
Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours until mixture is creamy.
Serve over cooked rice. I use the Comet brand long grain.

That's almost exactly the same way I cook it (glad to see you remembered bay leaves...almost everyone leaves them out), except I add a little mustard powder, and don't put any bell pepper in it. Oh, and I don't have a particular sausage I use...sometimes I use whatever's smoked and on sale, sometimes I use fresh Andouille from New Iberia...sometimes a little of both. I also like to supplement soaked bagged beans will a little Blue Runner canned beans...they cook down alot more and make a thicker "sauce." And I use the ham hock to make a stock instead of just throwing it in. But otherwise, very similar.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Yep, I make it often in the Fall/Winter.

 

[GTaudiophile]

PREPARE SAUSAGES

I use one Hillshire Farm smoked sausage.
Thaw the sausage if necessary (microwave on defrost for 1-2 minutes).
Slice sausage into pennies.
Put pennies into fry pan, medium heat, stir until golden brown and juicy.
Remove pennies and remove excess grease from pennies with a paper towel.
Remove most but not all grease from the fry pan.

PREPARE BROTH

Chop one-half onion into very fine, small slices.
Add chopped onion to same fry pan as used above.
Add a little olive oil to the fry pan to mix with leftover grease.
Add 2-3 buttons of smashed, fresh garlic.
Add 1 Tablespoon of flour to fry pan.
Stir contents of pan on low- to medium-heat until flour is brown.

Add two beef bullion cubes to 2 cups of water.
Microwave water until boiling/bullion cubes have dissolved.
Stir water into fry pan until desired consistency.

Add desired mix of spices to the fry pan at this point. Lots of Tabasco sauce is recommended, along with other peppers and spices.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Return sausage pennies into fry pan.
Open and rinse 1 can of black beans.
Add beans to fry pan.

Allow to simmer on low for 15-20 minutes.

Serve on desired amount (4 portions) of Uncle Bens' Rice.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: RickyRoma
Here is mine

1 pound Red Kidney soaked over night, drained, fresh water and then boiled for 2 hours
1 large onion chopped
1 Bell pepper chopped
2 stalk celery chopped
8 cloves garlic minced
1 pound smoked ham with bone
1 pound LA style hot sausage, I use the Farmer John brand because that?s all I can get here in Vegas
Around 1 T of thyme leaves
4 bay leaves
Creole season base to taste
Worcestershire to taste
Crystal hot sauce to taste
Salt to taste

Soak beans overnight then drain and replace water. Cooked for 2 hours with the ham bone.
Sauté onion, bell pepper, celery until onions are caramelized then add the garlic and sauté 2 more minuets.
Add diced smoked ham and precooked sausage cut up.
Add beans, seasonings and enough water from the cooked beans to cover mixture
Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours until mixture is creamy.
Serve over cooked rice. I use the Comet brand long grain.

Bay leaves are hard to find around here, hense the parseley in mine. And man, ditch the Crystal hot sauce.
I add celery if I have it, but it isn't needed as much as bell pepper. If I have some bacon trease in the fridge, I'll use that to start it off (half olive oil, half bacon grease), but it also isn't really needed. I will try soaking overnight next time.
http://www.gracefoods.com/Archives/Products/Seasonings/Crushed_Pepper_Sauce/Crushed_Pepper_Sauce.asp
That's the good stuff, IMO.

 

[loup garou]

And man, ditch the Crystal hot sauce.

No way, Crystal is awesome!

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: JeffSpicoli
Especially from Popeyes.

Amen to that! I am so psyched that we're getting a Popeyes in my town in a month or so.

 

[dfox227]

Real simple recipe for a Red beans and Rice I make
1cup rice uncooked
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can red beans
1 small onion'
1 green pepper
cayanne pepper to taste depending on how hot you want it


I usually just make this on top of the stove , just make up the rice and then after you have the
rice made and set up add all the rest of the ingedients and let simmer for about 1/2 hr. you can adjust any or all the ingredients to your taste, but this is a real simple recipe I came up with just because it was all I had in the cabinet. Good stuff though

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: werk

And man, ditch the Crystal hot sauce.

No way, Crystal is awesome!

Crystal is no better than Tabasco.