Red Beans and Rice NOLA style

[EE6]

A good, quick New Orleans style recipe for RB&R.

You know, for the first night at camp when you haven’t killed anything ….yet!.
The next night and all of the nights there after, you should be just fine.

This will feed about 4

1 bag of large red kidney beans
1 large onion-chopped (roughly 1 cup)
1 large green bell pepper-chopped (roughly 1/2 cup)
4 stalks of celery-chopped (roughly 1/2 cup)
     Remove the leaves and the white stuff at the bottom or ask your wife!!!

OH NO I just revealed the secret of most of the Cajun style cooking.
The coveted TRINITY. Now everyone will be cooking better.
 
1 pound of Andouille ( try finding THAT at wal-mart) or Polish sausage or MAYBE something you have made!

Salt
Black pepper

Soak beans over night.

The next morning, drain beans, fill w/ water to about one inch over beans

In a black iron skillet render your sausage (cook it) on a medium to a medium high heat.
   Be sure to scrape the bottom occasionally for the dark particles.

When done, drain the meat but leave a little (1tbl sp) {happy} of oil in skillet.

Cook the “trinity” over the same heat until soft, scrapping the bottom as well.

When that is done, put trinity and sausage in w/ beans.
Bring to a good boil. As soon as it hits that boil, turn down to a LOW-SLO simmer. I mean that. Like on 1 or 1.5 on stove. The idea is to make your stove top a crock pot. (You don’t get that good skillet flavor w/ crock pot though) The longer they cook………

Let them cook for a minimum of 3 hrs. Remember this ain’t pasta!! Let it go.

Add water if the beans stop floating.

To make them creamy, take a large wooden spoon and smash some of the beans against the side of the pot. Do this to your liking.

When almost finished, salt and pepper to your taste!!

AHHHEEEEEE

Oh yeah, Garlic French Bread (toasted), Tabasco, and COLD beer round this out nicely.
If you cook this a day or two out it’s ok. It always tastes better the next day.

[Matt E]

I have eaten a lot of black beans and rice,(Japanese style)but never cajun style. I will try this.

[Al Dente]

It's also nice when done with black eyed peas, not traditional, but they cook a tad faster.  thanks for the recipe, and Oh My God, you gave up the secret without any interrogation or pressure.  The TRINITY is out...forever!!!!

[EE6]

Black eyed peas and a ham hock or pork fat!!! Outstanding!!

[captaincaveman]

hmmmmmmm, i didn't see no rice in that there beans and RICE recipe. hehe

Josh

[EE6]

Ok there high speed, I knew someone would see that. Do I gotta tell you how to cook rice?

1 cup rice
2 cups water
1 tlb spoon butter
  salt

Bring water, rice,and butter to a boil in small saucepan. Lightly salt. (Once there is too much salt you can't fix that).

Stirring ocasionally.
Once at a boil cover, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the water is gone. NO STIRRING!

Thanks for catching that bro.

[Matt E]

Josh, try the black eyed peas and ham hocks. It don't need no rice!
 Al,you can't cook without using the "trinity"  

[captaincaveman]

ya i know how to cook rice. i just couldn't let that go. hehehe

Josh

[702plmo]

My wife and I cooked this for Sunday dinner and it was wonderful.    Everybody in my house really liked it, even my one year old daughter (Picky Eater)   Thanks for the recipe.

[bgremill]

Hey E6 how are they gonna make a good pot of red beans if they can't buy Camillia  or Blue Runner red beans?  And Binders or Reisling french bread?  
To all who are making this receipe.  You can use what we call ham seasoning which is really a ham shank or a ham bone as well as the sausage. That will make your beans really take off.

Brent Gremillion

[Al Dente]

Smoked turkey wing too!!!

[EE6]

702plmo glad you enjoyed it.

I know what you mean Gremillion.

I guess that to find out about Camilla beans, andouille sausage, Rieslings French bread, boudin, alligator balls (deep fried gator tail),grits and grillades, maque choux, ramoulade sauce, roux, tasso, sac-a-lait, oyster po-boys [dressed], jambalaya, sauce piquant, beignets, and ratatoullie, they would have to visit New Orleans and the surrounding areas. (Yes, all of these things exist and are food.)

AAAHHHEEEE!!!

“Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulet”

[Bill Turner]

Gotta love those "cajuns". Nobody cooks Red Beans and Rice good as them. Will have this this week end.

[EE6]

Bill,

If you have a question about anything with this please let me know. I live to cook and I love to help people with trying new stuff to eat. Or maybe just a different way of preparing it.