Red Beans and Rice

Something informs me we’re not the only ones that obtain thrilled over beans as well as rice. Do you? Seldom a week goes by that we don’t have beans of some kind or an additional, and also my mommy’s chili beans with rice are a staple around here.

A Southern classic, red beans cooked with smoked shanks, onions, celery, bell peppers, and also seasonings, offered over rice.

My dad located a recipe in our neighborhood food store (Raley’s) round for a Cajun red beans and also rice utilizing smoked pork shanks. Given my father’s love affair with all points pork, he couldn’t wait to make it.

Traditional Louisiana red beans and also rice likewise makes use of Andouille sausage which we did not add, yet you can if you wanted. There was lots of taste, and also plenty of meat, with the smoked shanks.

Red Beans and Rice Recipe

If you have accessibility to pork hocks and not shanks, you may wish to compose the distinction in meat (hocks have much less meat) with sausage. Just take 1/2 pound of Andouille sausage, piece, brown initially prior to adding to the beans with the ham shanks. If you do not consume pork, you may try making this with smoked turkey sausage, in which instance I would certainly replace a few of the water with chicken supply.

  • Ingredients 1 lb completely dry small red beans
  • 1 1/2 to 2 lbs meaty ham shanks
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 big onion, chopped (concerning 2 mugs)
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
  • 1 mug sliced eco-friendly bell pepper
  • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 teaspoons of Cajun or Creole spices (Tony Chachere’s or Zatarains) or to taste *
  • Tabasco sauce **
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Prepared white rice (from regarding 3 cups raw rice)

* If you do not have actually accessibility to packaged seasoning, just skip it as well as add some thyme (fresh or dried), a bay fallen leave (in with the beans and shanks symphonious 2), and also a little paprika
** We utilized a combo of Chipotle Tabasco sauce as well as routine Tabasco, could also utilize chili pepper

Method

1 Location dried beans in a huge bowl and cover them with cold water by a number of inches. Allow soak for 8 hours or over night. (You can quick saturate them by placing them in a dish as well as putting boiling water over them, covering them by 2 inches, then allowing them soak for two hours.) Drain pipes.

2 Location beans, ham shanks, garlic, cut onion, and also water in a huge (8-quart) pot and also bring to a boil. Minimize to a simmer and also cover, simmer for 1 1/2 hrs or until beans are tender.

3 Remove ham shanks from the pot to a meal. Let amazing somewhat after that shred the meat far from the bones. Return the meat back to the pot. Add the celery, bell peppers, Worcestershire as well as seasonings. Cover and also prepare for one more hr or up until the mixture gets thick. Season to taste with Tabasco salt, pepper as well as sauce.

Offer over rice.

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