Red Beans And Rice Recipe
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Red Beans And Rice Information
Red Beans and Rice is traditionally served on Monday in New Orleans. At that time in New Orleans ham was usually served on Sundays for Sunday dinner and the ham bone and some of the ham was used in cooking the red beans and rice. Eventually people started using kielbasa sausage while some people still use both the ham bone from a ham and kielbasa sausage sliced into very thin slices.
Monday also used to be the traditional wash day in New Orleans and women would cook red beans and rice so they could cook it and could do the laundry at the same time. The red beans could be cooked in a pot on the back of the stove and you only had to check on it every few hours to make sure the beans kept water in them. When you were ready to serve your red beans and rice you cooked some white rice and if you wanted to you cooked a pan of corn bread to go along with the red beans and rice.
Did you know that red beans and rice is one of the few dishes served both in peoples homes and in restaurants in New Orleans. And there are a lot of ways of cooking Red Beans and Rice but the recipe here on this page is a variation of the most popular way red beans and rice are still cooked in New Orleans today.
You will also find Red Beans and Ric prepared and cooked with Andouille Sausage , and Tasso Ham. Some people use a baked ham with a bone in it for their Sunday dinner and then they cook their red beans on Monday with the ham bone and some left over chopped ham and they also add thin sliced kielbasa sausage.
Hot Sauce is almost always served on the table along with the red beans and rice. Some people like the hot sauce for its fiery bite and some people like it for its taste. So if you don't yet have a favorite hot sauce you may want to try a few and pick you out a favorite one.
Red Beans And Rice Recipe
Red Beans and Rice has been served on Mondays in New Orleans for hundreds of years. You could say it is one of the most important dishes ever from New Orleans. It really is a complete meal as in New Orleans it is most often served with corn bread.
For Your Recipe You Will Need.
1. 2 Cups Dry Kidney Beans looked for rocks or trash and washed.
2. 1 Pound Kielbasa Sausage cut into 1/2 Inch Slices.
3. 1/2 Cup Celery diced very fine.
4. 1/2 Cup Green Bell Pepper diced very fine.
5. 1/2 Cup Sweet Purple Onion diced very fine.
6. 2 Tablespoons Diced Minced Garlic.
7. 1 tablespoon Dry Thyme.
8. 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil.
9. 1 Tablespoon Sea Salt.
10. 1 Tablespoon Ground Cayenne Pepper.
11. 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper.
12. 1 Tablespoon Cajun Seasoning.
Combine all your ingredients into a large stock pot and bring to a boil. Reduce your heat to a low simmer and cook until your beans are done and your bean soup thick. When you are ready to serve your red beans place a serving of cooked white rice in the bottom of a bowl or in the center of a plate and ladle red beans and soup over your rice. If you wish serve a square of cornbread with each serving of red beans and rice. And garnish your red beans and rice with fresh chopped parsley.
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