Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, red beans and rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Red Beans and Rice is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Red Beans and Rice is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have red beans and rice using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Take 1 ounce butter
2. Make ready 4 cloves garlic – chopped
3. Prepare 2 links Andouille Sausage, diced (optional)
4. Prepare 1 cup rice
5. Get 2 cups chicken stock (You may need a little extra for the rice)
6. Prepare 1 tablespoon crystal hot sauce
7. Take 1 teaspoon paprika
8. Prepare 1/4 of yellow bell pepper – diced small
9. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
10. Make ready 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning
11. Prepare 14.5 ounce can,red beans,drained
12. Prepare 3 each scallions add at the end – cut bias /on an angle

Its easy, and you don't need a lot of spices, You don't need to soak them, either. The reason red beans and rice are normally featured in local dining estabishments on Monday is because Monday was clothes wash day. The matriarch would plan well to serve a delicious and hearty meal with minimal attention to the " pot". The dried red beans grown in the ancient soil near the flood plains of the Mississippi river embodies the.

Steps to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Melt the butter in a sauce pan over a medium heat, add the garlic and red bell peppers saute for 2 minutes (If you are using the sausage add with the garlic and peppers)
2. Add the rice stir for 30 seconds add then add the remaining ingredients (add scallions at the end)
3. Simmer lightly with a lid until the rice is tender and done about 20-30 minutes.
4. Add more stock if needed…Do not burn:)
5. Mix in the scallions to finish.

Add the onion, bell pepper, celery, salt and pepper to the pot. Red Beans and Rice are a New Orleans Style Cajun meal in which red beans are slow simmered with vegetables, sausage and/or ham and Cajun seasoning. Traditionally served on Mondays utilizing the leftover meat from Sundays supper however anytime is a great time for Red Beans and Rice. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large saucepan. Saute garlic, onion, celery, and bell pepper until tender.

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