Red Beans and Rice
Red Beans and Rice

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, red beans and rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Red Beans and Rice - So thick, so creamy and so flavorful! The beans are cooked just right - perfectly tender, served with rice and smoky andouille sausage. But until then, I'll be making the creamiest red beans and rice on the daily.

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Red Beans and Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook red beans and rice using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans and Rice:
  1. Make ready 1 ounce butter
  2. Prepare 4 cloves garlic – chopped
  3. Prepare 2 links Andouille Sausage, diced (optional)
  4. Get 1 cup rice
  5. Take 2 cups chicken stock (You may need a little extra for the rice)
  6. Make ready 1 tablespoon crystal hot sauce
  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon paprika
  8. Make ready 1/4 of yellow bell pepper – diced small
  9. Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
  10. Get 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning
  11. Make ready 14.5 ounce can,red beans,drained
  12. Make ready 3 each scallions add at the end – cut bias /on an angle

I tried Popeye's Red Beans and Rice for the first time a while back, but these beans are even better. They are so creamy and flavorful, with the perfect smoky Cajun spice! 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). You'll need one pound of dry beans for this recipe.

Instructions to make Red Beans and Rice:
  1. Melt the butter in a sauce pan over a medium heat, add the garlic and red bell peppers saute for 2 minutes (If you are using the sausage add with the garlic and peppers)
  2. Add the rice stir for 30 seconds add then add the remaining ingredients (add scallions at the end)
  3. Simmer lightly with a lid until the rice is tender and done about 20-30 minutes.
  4. Add more stock if needed…Do not burn:)
  5. Mix in the scallions to finish.

Soak the beans in water (make sure to use twice as much water as beans) overnight. Every Monday, you can find a pot of red beans and rice cooking in someone's kitchen in New Orleans. The food writer and New Orleans bon vivant Pableaux Johnson's house is no exception. Why red beans and rice on a Monday? As the apocryphal story goes, Mondays were traditionally laundry days, and women needed a dish that could You could make a quick version of red beans and rice with canned beans, but if you want really creamy texture and the best flavor, dried beans.

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