New Orleans Red Beans and Rice Recipe

This New Orleans red beans and rice recipe has always been a family favorite. Why fix red beans and rice from a box when you can make it homemade from scratch? Now with the recipe below, there's really no need for you to ever cook from a box again. For a change, try serving your red beans and rice with fried chicken and corn bread.

For best results, presoak your beans.

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Recipe Ingredients:

1 lb dry red beans
2 quarts water
1-1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
4 bay leaves
1 cup chopped green pepper
3 tbsp chopped parsley
3 tbsp chopped garlic
2 tsp dried thyme, crushed
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black peppe

Recipe Instructions:

Sort through your beans removing any defective beans or small stones that may be present. Place the beans in a colander and rinse several times.
Place beans, chopped onion, chopped celery, and bay leaves in a 5-quart pot and cover with two inches of water. Bring to boil, replace lid and reduce to low-heat. Cook for about 1-1/2 hours until beans are tender. When beans are tender remove bay leaves then mash and stir beans against side of pot.
Next add your remaining ingredients consisting of chopped green peppers, parsley, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook uncovered over low-heat for about 30 minutes, until red beans mixture is creamy.

Serve red beans over steamed rice.

Makes 8 servings.

This recipe provided courtesy of http://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com/

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