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Popeye's Red Beans and Rice




Source of Recipe


Gramma Claudia


Recipe Link: http://groups.msn.com/GrammaClaudiasOzarkHeaven/familyfavoriterecipes.msnw?action=view_list&row=56&viewtype=2&sortstring=

List of Ingredients




Beans:
2 pounds smoked ham hocks
2 15oz cans red beans
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dash of garlic powder
Dash of onion powder

Rice:
2 1/4 cups water
1/4 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon rice
1 cup converted rice


Recipe



First you must render the fat from the smoked ham hocks. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and place the ham hocks in a deep pan. Cover pan with foil and bake for 4 to 5 hours or until 1/4 cup of fat has rendered from the hocks.

Combine 1/4 cup pork fat with one 15-oz can red beans plus liquid in a medium saucepan. Add 1/2 cup water, brown sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt, garlic powder and onion powder. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Use a potato masher to smash beans into a paste-like consistency. Add entire contents of remaining can of beans to the mixture and cook for an additional 10 minutes.

Prepare rice for 4 servings. For Uncle Ben's converted rice you bring 2 1/4 cups water to a boil. Add 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add 1 cup of rice. Reduce heat to low and simmer rice for 20 minutes or until tender.

To prepare each serving, scoop 1 cup of beans into a bowl. Add 1 cup of rice on top of the beans. Serve.