Sweet red beans new orleans style

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients:

• 1 lb Red beans
• 3 Ribs celery chopped
• 3 Cloves garlic minced
• 1 Stick butter
• 5 tb Catsup
• 2 tb Parsley flakes Salt & pepper to taste
• 2 Med. onions chopped
• 1/2 Bell pepper chopped
• 1 lb Pickle meat OR
• 1/2 lb Salt pork cubed
• 5 lg Carrots peeled and halved
• 4 qt Water

Instructions:

more or less Soak beans overnight. Cook in large pot with water until beans start to soften. Saute onions celery bell pepper garlic cubed meat and parsley. Add to beans. Add carrots butter and catsup. Cook on low heat for another hour or until tender. Remove 1 cup of beans and mash with fork or potato masher. Return to pot and continue to simmer untill thickened. Serve with hot steamed rice. Tuesday is red beans and rice day all over Lousiana.

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