New orleans red beans & rice
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Red kidney beans; dried
- 1/2 lb Salt pork
- 1 Onion; chopped
- 2 Cl Garlic; chopped
- 1/4 c Celery; chopped
- 1 qt Ham or beef stock
- 1/2 ts Tabasco sauce
- 1 ts Salt
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1/4 ts Thyme
- 3 c Rice
Instructions:
Recipe by: Elizabeth Powell Preparation Time: 4:00 Soak beans in water overnight. Drain. In a Dutch oven brown salt pork. Add onions garlic and celery and saute for 3 minutes. Add bean stock Tabasco sauce salt and herbs. Simmer 3 hours or until beans are tender. Add water when necessary during cooking; water should barely cover beans at end of cooking. Remove 1 cup beans and mash to paste. Add mashed bean paste back to beans; stir until liquid is thickened. Serve over hot rice.



