Best red beans and rice recipe...no cook book copies?

1 lb of dried red beans (I prefer Camilla if you can get them where you live)


onion


bell pepper


celery


garlic


2 bay leaves


black pepper


cayanne pepper


salt


smoked turkey for seasoning


tobasco sauce (to your heat preference)





rinse and sort the red beans, get rid of the funky looking ones.


mince the garlic. chop up onion, bell pepper and celery. caramelize onion, bell pepper and celery in 1 tbsp of olive oil. add all of the ingredients to a large pot (or a large crock pot if you prefer) and cover with water. bring to a boil, let it boil on high for about 30 minutes then reduce heat and let the beans slow cook for 4 hours. During the last 30 minutes of cooking you may want to add diced smoked sausage for extra flavor. remove bay leaves from beans before serving. serve with white or brown rice.Best red beans and rice recipe...no cook book copies?
Cajun Red Beans and Rice





12 oz Cajun Red Beans


3 tablespoon Canola oil


1 c Onions, chopped


2 c Tomatoes, chopped


2 cl Garlic, pressed


1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper


1/4 teaspoon Black pepper


Salt to taste (add just before serving)


4-1/2 c Water


1 Green or red pepper, chopped


1/2 c Celery, chopped


1 lb Smoked sausage, sliced


4 Bay leaves


1 teaspoon File powder


1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce





Wash beans well. Put in pot with water to cover. Boil 1 minute, then turn off heat and let stand 1 hour. Drain beans after 1 hour.





In a heavy pot, heat oil, when hot, add peppers, onions, garlic, celery and tomatoes. Cook 5 minutes. Add 4-1/2 cups water and beans, being to a boil, then lower heat and simmer 2 hours. Add smoked sausage and simmer 1 hour more.





Now add seasonings; bay leaves, peppers and file powder, with Tabasco sauce. Use less if you don't like it too hot, you can always put more on at the table. Cook for another hour.





Be sure the liquid does not get completely boiled away. If need be, add a little more water in 1/4 cup increments, but you'll ususally have to boil away excess liquid rather than add.





Prepare rice according to your favorite recipe or package directions.





Just before serving add salt to red beans - if you add salt during the cooking time it makes the beans tougher. Be sure they are good and soft when you add the salt.Best red beans and rice recipe...no cook book copies?
I don't have one, but there was an interesting recipe at this website:





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Red beans and uncooked sushi rice. Instead of water, use the water that you soak the red beans and cook until done. Red beans have to be soak for at least 3 hours.
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Cajun Red Beans and Rice





Ingredients





(4 servings)





2 c Red kidney beans, soaked


2 Bay leaves


1 1/2 c Onion, chopped


1/2 ts Thyme


3 Garlic cloves, minced


3/4 c Fresh parsley, minced


1 c Diced green bell pepper


1 ts Salt


2 tb Red miso


4 c Freshly cooked brown rice


Chopped scallions to garnish








Instructions





Rinse beans %26amp; drain well. Cook in 5 cups of water for 50 minutes or until tender, with the bay leaves.


Add onion, thyme, garlic, parsley, green pepper %26amp; salt to pot, simmer over medium low heat for 15 to 20 minutes. Add miso %26amp; simmer for another 5 minutes. Remove bay leaves.


Serve over hot rice, garnished with scallions.
1 lb red kidney beans


1 lb salt pork


2 cloves garlic


1 teaspoon italian seasoning


1 bell pepper


1 onion, Chopped


1 stalk celery


1 hot pepper








Boil pork 5 minutes to get rid of salt.


Put pork in second water (hot) and add beans, water, should be one-half inch above beans.


Add immediately, one bell pepper, one chopped onion, celery, garlic, Italian seasoning and whole hot pepper.


Cook slowly two to three hours, until gravy is thick and beans tender -- just before dishing out add a pinch of italian seasoning again.


Salt to taste and serve with rice.