Rice and Beans Recipes?

[Anonymous]

For extra flavor, you can use chicken stock in place of some of the water.

Sometimes after a smoked bbq feast, I make stock with those bones. The stock ends up with a spicy smoky flavor. There aren't many uses for that, but it works great for beans'n'rice, jambalaya, and chili.

[Anonymous]

Red Beans and Rice Recipe

1 pound dried red beans, rinsed and sorted over
3 tablespoons bacon grease( or olive oil, who has bacon grease!)
1/4 cup chopped tasso, or chopped ham
1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions
3/4 cup chopped celery
3/4 cup chopped green bell peppers
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne(add more if you want some heat)
3 bay leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
1/2 pound smoked sausage, split in half lengthwise and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 pound smoked ham hocks
3 tablespoons chopped garlic
10 cups chicken stock, or water
4 cups cooked white rice
1/4 cup chopped green onions, garnish
Place the beans in a large bowl or pot and cover with water by 2 inches. Let soak for 8 hours or overnight. Drain and set aside.

In a large pot, heat the bacon grease over medium-high heat. Add the tasso and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the onions, celery and bell peppers to the grease in the pot. Season with the salt, pepper, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, about 4 minutes. Add the bay leaves, parsley, thyme, sausage, and ham hocks, and cook, stirring, to brown the sausage and ham hocks, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the beans and stock or water, stir well, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender and starting to thicken, about 2 hours. (Should the beans become too thick and dry, add more water, about 1/4 cup at a time.)

Remove from the heat and with the back of a heavy spoon, mash about 1/4 of the beans against the side of the pot. Continue to cook until the beans are tender and creamy, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves.

Serve over rice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Red Beans and Rice Recipe

1 pound dried red beans, rinsed and sorted over
3 tablespoons bacon grease( or olive oil, who has bacon grease!)
1/4 cup chopped tasso, or chopped ham
1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions
3/4 cup chopped celery
3/4 cup chopped green bell peppers
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne(add more if you want some heat)
3 bay leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
1/2 pound smoked sausage, split in half lengthwise and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 pound smoked ham hocks
3 tablespoons chopped garlic
10 cups chicken stock, or water
4 cups cooked white rice
1/4 cup chopped green onions, garnish
Place the beans in a large bowl or pot and cover with water by 2 inches. Let soak for 8 hours or overnight. Drain and set aside.

In a large pot, heat the bacon grease over medium-high heat. Add the tasso and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the onions, celery and bell peppers to the grease in the pot. Season with the salt, pepper, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, about 4 minutes. Add the bay leaves, parsley, thyme, sausage, and ham hocks, and cook, stirring, to brown the sausage and ham hocks, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the beans and stock or water, stir well, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender and starting to thicken, about 2 hours. (Should the beans become too thick and dry, add more water, about 1/4 cup at a time.)

Remove from the heat and with the back of a heavy spoon, mash about 1/4 of the beans against the side of the pot. Continue to cook until the beans are tender and creamy, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves.

Serve over rice

I have a small Tupperware of bacon grease I keep in my butter compartment in the fridge specifically for when I want to cook things like beans and rice or green beans slow simmered on the stove. It's not like some mystical substance, you just save the grease when you cook bacon.

[Anonymous]

Ditto. I don't use tupperware, though--I burned through it once pouring hot bacon grease straight from the pan. Now I use a small ceramic ramekin.

[Anonymous]

That is interesting about the bacon grease. How long does it last in the fridge? Can it be frozen?

[Anonymous]

I don't know about frozen, never done that, but it doesn't spoil in the fridge. I'm pretty sure old Southern women have coffee cans with years old bacon grease kicking around their fridges. You just let it cool a bit then pour it into an airtight container and scoop some out to melt in the pan as needed when you cook something that could use a little bacon grease.

[Anonymous]

I just do not eat bacon enough to have grease on hand. Maybe like once every six to eight months. Between the Tasso, sausage, and ham hock the recipe has enough pork fat to carry the dish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Red Beans and Rice Recipe

1 pound dried red beans, rinsed and sorted over
3 tablespoons bacon grease( or olive oil, who has bacon grease!)
1/4 cup chopped tasso, or chopped ham
1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions
3/4 cup chopped celery
3/4 cup chopped green bell peppers
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Pinch cayenne(add more if you want some heat)
3 bay leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
1/2 pound smoked sausage, split in half lengthwise and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 pound smoked ham hocks
3 tablespoons chopped garlic
10 cups chicken stock, or water
4 cups cooked white rice
1/4 cup chopped green onions, garnish
Place the beans in a large bowl or pot and cover with water by 2 inches. Let soak for 8 hours or overnight. Drain and set aside.

In a large pot, heat the bacon grease over medium-high heat. Add the tasso and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the onions, celery and bell peppers to the grease in the pot. Season with the salt, pepper, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, about 4 minutes. Add the bay leaves, parsley, thyme, sausage, and ham hocks, and cook, stirring, to brown the sausage and ham hocks, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the beans and stock or water, stir well, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender and starting to thicken, about 2 hours. (Should the beans become too thick and dry, add more water, about 1/4 cup at a time.)

Remove from the heat and with the back of a heavy spoon, mash about 1/4 of the beans against the side of the pot. Continue to cook until the beans are tender and creamy, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves.

Serve over rice

This is the right red beans and rice recipe! Hello fellow Louisianian.

[Anonymous]

It's true bacon grease keeps forever. It's also good for seasoning cast iron.

I strain mine on the way from the bacon skillet into the crock for storage. I use a fine-mesh sieve. You could use a coffee filter if you were really hung up about it.