Red Beans & Rice
Source of Recipe
Betty A Young
List of Ingredients
- 2 cans dark red beans
- 2 cans light red beans
- 1 large smoked ham hock
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 5 cups long grain rice (cooked)
- 2 pounds smoked sausage (cut in small cubes or thin slices)
Instructions
- Pour 2 cans light red beans and 1 can dark red beans in large boiler.
- Add ham hock and water.
- Simmer on medium heat for an hour until the meat starts to plull from the bone.
- Remove from heat and cool enough to removed any meat from the bone.
- Place meat, beans and pan liquid in a food processor.
- To this mixture add onion powder, garlic salt and red pepper.
- Process only 4 or 5 seconds.
- Beans should be chopped and the liquid thick.
- Add the last can of beans (drained).
- Process for a second or two, you want the last can of beans to remain almost whole.
- Pour bean mixture back into boiler and cook slowly on low heat, add smoked sausage and cook 5 minutes.
- Serve over rice.
Final Comments
I use a stick blender instead of a food processor and mix in the boiler itself.
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