New Orleans Red Beans Rice
From chefjeb 17 years ago
- 90 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Red beans & rice are esy to make but too many cooks junk this simple recipe up with bell peppers and other stuff no real New Orleans cook would allow. Here is a traditional recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 lb red beans, presoaked shopping list
- 1 medium onion, chopped, divided shopping list
- 1 bay leaf shopping list
- ham hock or ham bone shopping list
- 3/4 cup celery, chopped shopping list
- 1 tbs beef base shopping list
- 1/2 tsp garlic, minced shopping list
- 1/2 tsp dried basil shopping list
- 1 tsp dried thyme shopping list
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley shopping list
- 1/2 cup green onion tops cut thin shopping list
- louisiana hot sauce shopping list
- salt shopping list
How to make it
- Wash red beans and watch for any broken beans or stones. Presoak beans in plenty of water, discard water Re-cover beans with clean water and add ham hock or bone. Water should be about 2 inches above beans. add 1/2 onion chopped, celery and bay leaf. add beef base.
- Bring to low simmer, cover
- After 30 minutes add basil and thyme and remaining onion.
- Continue cooking until beans are tender. They are not ready! Continue cooking until beans cream. Remember, simmer, do not boil. Scoop a cup or so out and mash and add back to bean pot. Remove ham hock or bone, pulling off any remaining edible meat. Season to taste with salt and a few dashes of hot sauce. Red beans are not supposed to be spicy. This is Creole, not Cajun. Add parsley and green onion tops and serve over cooked whie rice.
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A wonderful treat!
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Fine beans. I'm all set for the new year meal.
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