Creole Red Beans And Rice

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	320g / 11oz	Red beans - dried
6 cups	1422ml	Water
1		Salt to taste
1		Black pepper to taste
1/4 cup	59ml	Bacon drippings
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Ham - diced
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Salt pork
2 cups	474ml	Sausage - smoked
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Onions - chopped
2		Garlic cloves - minced
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Parsley - chopped
4 cups	640g / 22oz	Rice - hot cooked

Recipe Instructions

1. Rinse beans; soak in water 30 minutes, then cook slowly until tender, about 2 hours (add boiling water as necessary).

2. Add salt and pepper to taste.

3. Heat bacon drippings in skillet; saute ham, salt pork or sausage, then add onions and garlic, cooking until translucent.

4. Stir into cooked beans along with parsley.

5. Remove about 1 cup beans; mash or put through a sieve and stir into beans (this will thicken the juices).

6. Serve over hot rice.

Source:
Shape Cooks, Spring 1998

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