Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, red beans and rice. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Red Beans and Rice is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red beans and rice using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Make ready 1 lb soaked red beans
2. Make ready 3 quarts chicken stock
3. Take 2 small white onions, chopped
4. Take 1 bell pepper, chopped
5. Prepare 4 stalks celery, chopped
6. Prepare 4 bay leaves
7. Take 1 lb andouille sausage
8. Prepare 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
9. Take 2 smoked ham hocks
10. Prepare chopped parsley
11. Prepare 2 teaspoons ground dry thyme
12. Get 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
13. Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin
14. Get 1 tablespoon salt
15. Get 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
16. Get Sliced Green Onions
17. Take Cooked Rice
18. Prepare Tabasco
19. Get Butter

Steps to make Red Beans and Rice:

1. Brown andouille in a large crock pot, remove when browned on all sides, reserve.
2. Add onions and sweat with a bit of salt until translucent in butter.
3. Add celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook until fragrant.
4. Add cayenne, cumin, dry thyme, and pepper. Stir to combine.
5. Add chicken stock to pot, as well as the ham hocks, bay leaves, and the soaked red beans, bring to a boil and cover, stirring occasionally.
6. When beans are cooked through and tender, remove bay leaves and ham hocks (reserve the hocks), then use an immersion blender or your wooden spatula to break a portion of the beans down to give the dish a creamy texture. Reduce heat to a bare simmer.
7. Slice reserved andouille, and break ham hocks down, removing the meat from the bones. Discard bones and skin. Add meats back to pot and stir to combine.
8. When meat is brought up to temp (about 5 minutes), add chopped parsley, stir, and serve immediately over rice. Top with green onions and tabasco/crystal hot sauce to taste.

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