Red Beans & Rice

[LostArrow]

An easy crock-pot dish.
1 lb dried red beans
2 med. onions diced
1 bell pepper diced
1 tbs. minced garlic
1 pack leftover  pulled pork ( 1/2-3/4 lb.)
1 tbs. Cajun Seasoning.
Rinse beans , & put in crock pot with 3 qts water the nite before
In the morning add rest of ingredients & turn on.
That evening grill smoked sausage, make garlic butter bread.
Make rice , either white or brown
Serve with diced onion & jalapeño , Tabasco , & Tony's so your guests can season their own.

[fishingbouchman]

That looks good.  Saved and can be Lunches this week.

[Pappymn]

Man I love beans and rice. I would have cut that good lookin sausage up and mixed it all together. Good eats LA.

[squirtthecat]

Mighty good!

[mikecorn.1]

I love Rice and Beans also, Ditto on the sausage in the pot. Maybe next time. MMMMMMMMM!

[Savannahsmoker]

Darn that looks so good, wish I was having that for dinner tonight.

[TwoPockets]

That looks good! I love red beans and rice and this is a recipe from a friend in another cooking forum that I use and tweak a bit from time:

Howdy, Folks

This is my recipe for the traditional Cajun/Creole dish called red
beans and rice. It is very close to the homeboy dish they cook down
in Gator Country and on the Texas side of the Sabine river where i
live. Having Cajun roots, I was lucky enough to be raised on this
kind of good cooking! For the folks that are not used to spicy
food, you may want to cut back the Cajun spice* to 1 tsp, taste that
then go from there.

You can cook this on top the stove, or in a Dutch oven in coals, or
(like I'm doing) inside a CrockPot. If your cooking Dutch, I would
suggest pre-soak overnight on the beans to cut down the cooking time.

If you're gonna use a CrockPot-I would suggest at least the 4 1/2
quart to 5 quart size-cause this makes a pretty good sized batch.

1 pound dried red beans, or pinto beans
7 to 8 cups water (start with 7 cups)
1 pound Kielbasa, or other smoked sausage-cut into 1/4 inch pieces
1/4 pound salt pork, or hog jowl-diced
1 large bunch green onions-chopped (green tops and all)
1/4 cup fine diced celery
1 big bell pepper-seeded, stemed, and chopped

1 rounded -tablespoon onion powder (not salt)
1 tbl dried parsley flakes
1/2 tsp -rounded garlic powder (not salt)
1/4 Tsp black pepper
1/4 to 1/2 tsp crushed dried red chili flakes

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about a tablespoon Cajun spice, or to taste (after cooked)
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throw all this in a pot and set to simmer-on the CrockPot-set to high

simmer about 3 to 3 1/2 hours (stove top) or about 5 to 5 1/2 hours-
Crockpot on high--or keep cooking till the beans are very soft and
making their own gravy.

Take out a cup or so of cooked beans, and mash them-then return to
pot, just before done cooking add your favorite Cajun spice-I like
Tony's or Nu Nu's-I will add about a tablespoon of spice-this might
be to spicy for you-so add a tsp, and adjust from there.

Serve in a big bowl with a pile of steamed rice in the middle of the
bowl, along with chopped onions, and jalapenos--and maybe some cold
beer, or buttermilk to drink.

That's it! Mighty good stuff!

Copyright 1999 by Phil Mahan
Cooking with Da Cap'n

*Cooking note:

While there are many Cajun spice blends available today, very few
are worth using. I have tried just about all of them and the ones I
think make the grade, are: Tony's , Nu Nu's and the new Zaterains
Cajun spice.

[Ka Honu]

There's a printed recipe for red beans?  Who knew?  I always thought you:

     ... started on Sunday night because everybody knows red beans have to be made on Monday
     ... hope you have enough ingredients for a double batch because it freezes so well and then you don't have to do it every week

     ... cover a ham hock with water and cook in the slow cooker overnight
     ... soak & drain a pound of red beans and cook 1/4 of them with the ham hock for a couple hours the next morning
     ... brown a pound of sausage (Evergood Louisiana hot links from Costco work well) and set it aside
     ... brown half a batch of trinity (in order) with about 1.5-2 tbsp (usually homemade) Cajun seasoning
     ... add the rest of the soaked & drained beans and cook for a few minutes
     ... add some tasso and 1/4 of the sausage
     ... put it all in the crockpot along with the precooked beans & ham hock, the rest of the trinity, some more stock if needed, a bunch of garlic, a few bay leaves, some Worcestershire, thyme, & pepper sauce/Tabasco

     ... and cook it for a while (or maybe a while and a half)

     ...  Then add the rest of the sausage, a little tomato sauce or paste and cook it for a while more

     ... throw in some chopped green onions and a bit of parsley just before serving

Hey!  I think I just made a recipe!  Ma would be so proud!

[Savannahsmoker]

This is great with all these added Red Beans & Rice recipes to copy and paste.

Thanks all.

[TentHunteR]

Thanks guys, I'll be doing some red beans & rice soon to go along with some shrimp & pork sausage I'll be making.

[Smokin Don]

You just can't go wrong with some good sausage in red beans and rice. Looks good, nice cook! Smokin Don