Red Beans and Rice
Red Beans and Rice

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red beans and rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Red beans and rice is an emblematic dish of Louisiana Creole cuisine (not originally of Cajun cuisine) traditionally made on Mondays with red beans, vegetables (bell pepper, onion, and celery), spices. New Orleans-Influenced, Blues-Inspired Roots Music from the Central Coast of California. Red Beans and Rice - So thick, so creamy and so flavorful!

Red Beans and Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Red Beans and Rice is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red beans and rice using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans and Rice:
  1. Make ready 1 tsp. Cumin
  2. Take 1 tsp. Paprika
  3. Take 1/8-1/4 tsp. salt
  4. Get 1/8-1/4 tsp. Black pepper
  5. Get 1 small onion
  6. Get 1 small green pepper
  7. Get 2 large cloves garlic minced
  8. Make ready 1 tblsp. Oil or butter
  9. Take 2 tsp. Vinegar
  10. Make ready 2 cups water ( change according to rice instructions)
  11. Make ready 1/2 small can tomato paste
  12. Make ready 1 can low sodium kidney beans drained
  13. Prepare 1 cup rice ( jasimine )

Traditional Louisiana red beans and rice also uses Andouille sausage which we did not add, but you could if you wanted. There was plenty of flavor, and plenty of meat, with the smoked shanks. Erin makes Bridget our recipe for Red Beans and Rice. Red Beans Rice And Sausage, Cajun Style, Tutorial.

Steps to make Red Beans and Rice:
  1. Heat up a 4 quart pan on medium. Meanwhile chop up the onion and green pepper. When the pan is hot add a bit of oil or butter. Toss in pepper and onion and saute for about two minutes. Stiring freqently.
  2. Mean while mash the garlic cloves with the flat side of your cutting knife, peal, and mince.
  3. After the two minutes of the pepper and onion cooking, toss in the minced garlic and saute about a minute more or until fragerant.
  4. Turn up the heat to medium/high. Add the 2 cups of water, spices, vinegar, and tomato paste the the mixture and stir. - - *if you like some heat, add a pinch of red pepper or cayanne šŸ”„
  5. When the water begins to bubble add 1 cup rice (jasimine) and the drained low sodium kidney beans. Stir and simmer for one minute.
  6. After the minute, turn heat to low and cover rice mixture with a tight fitting lid. Steam for 15 minutes or however long the directions on your rice says for. - - * Never lift the lid! šŸ˜³ It's the secret to perfect rice, even if you are tempted… Don't let the steam out, it's precious…šŸ‘
  7. After 15 minutes remove lid and fluff/stir the yumminess! Boom! Delicious red beans and rice!
  8. I served mine as a side with simple lemon pepper chicken thighs…mmmm. And some Louisiana hot sauce! BAM! (as Emeril would say šŸ˜„) p.s. The dots are a fancy hot sauce decor šŸ˜‰

Two brothers inspired by their grandma's vegan cooking šŸŒ± Now Touring Online! Red beans and rice is traditionally made with small red beans, but if you can't find them in your area, you can use red kidney beans (dark or light). You'll need one pound of dry beans for this recipe. Soak the beans in water (make sure to use twice as much water as beans) overnight. Why red beans and rice on a Monday?

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