Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, red beans and rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Red Beans and Rice is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have red beans and rice using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Make ready 1 lb soaked red beans
2. Take 3 quarts chicken stock
3. Prepare 2 small white onions, chopped
4. Take 1 bell pepper, chopped
5. Prepare 4 stalks celery, chopped
6. Make ready 4 bay leaves
7. Make ready 1 lb andouille sausage
8. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
9. Make ready 2 smoked ham hocks
10. Prepare chopped parsley
11. Make ready 2 teaspoons ground dry thyme
12. Make ready 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
13. Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin
14. Make ready 1 tablespoon salt
15. Get 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
16. Prepare Sliced Green Onions
17. Take Cooked Rice
18. Get Tabasco
19. Make ready Butter

Instructions to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Brown andouille in a large crock pot, remove when browned on all sides, reserve.
2. Add onions and sweat with a bit of salt until translucent in butter.
3. Add celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook until fragrant.
4. Add cayenne, cumin, dry thyme, and pepper. Stir to combine.
5. Add chicken stock to pot, as well as the ham hocks, bay leaves, and the soaked red beans, bring to a boil and cover, stirring occasionally.
6. When beans are cooked through and tender, remove bay leaves and ham hocks (reserve the hocks), then use an immersion blender or your wooden spatula to break a portion of the beans down to give the dish a creamy texture. Reduce heat to a bare simmer.
7. Slice reserved andouille, and break ham hocks down, removing the meat from the bones. Discard bones and skin. Add meats back to pot and stir to combine.
8. When meat is brought up to temp (about 5 minutes), add chopped parsley, stir, and serve immediately over rice. Top with green onions and tabasco/crystal hot sauce to taste.

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