Red Beans and Rice
Red Beans and Rice

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, red beans and rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Red Beans and Rice is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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

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

Steps 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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