Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style
Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, shorty's red beans and rice - easy style. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

I use turkey kielbasa to cut down on the fat, but not the flavor. I added plenty more garlic, a good dose of Tony's (a Louisiana must!), and jalepano-style Tabasco sauce. We like more rice here, as well.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have shorty's red beans and rice - easy style using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style:
  1. Take 1 Green Bell Pepper - diced
  2. Make ready 3 (15.5 oz) cans Red Beans (rinsed and drained). The cans should be labeled Red Beans (not kidney beans)… Sometimes smaller groceries won't carry this kind of canned bean. You can always substitute dry Red beans (prepped) and use broth instead of water
  3. Make ready 4 cloves garlic - minced
  4. Prepare 3-4 stalks celery - diced
  5. Make ready 1 onion - diced
  6. Get 1 lb Andouille Sausage
  7. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
  8. Make ready 1 bay leaf
  9. Get 1/4 teaspoon rubbed sage
  10. Take 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  11. Make ready 2 cup water
  12. Prepare 2 teaspoons Hot sauce (Tabasco or similar) or to taste

Making red beans and rice from scratch is easy; all it takes is beans, vegetables, some cured pork and sausage, and patience. [Photographs and video: J. New Orleans-style red beans and rice is mind-bendingly delicious. Smoky, spicy, hearty, and supremely comforting. Red beans are cooked New Orleans style which means creamy, rich, and flavorful.

Steps to make Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style:
  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Dice up onion, bell pepper, and celery into bean-sized bits as indicated above
  3. Brown andouille sausage over medium/high heat in a separate pan. Should be slightly browned and crispy when done
  4. Sauté vegetables in olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic half about 5 minutes after beginning to sauté. Continue to sauté until the onions are translucent but not brown.
  5. Add water to sautéed vegetables.
  6. Add rinsed and drained red beans to the vegetables and broth
  7. Add cumin, cayenne, and bayleaf to vegetable mixture
  8. Bring bean/veggies to a simmer
  9. After the beans come to a simmer, add a smidgen of water (2 tbsp) to the pan with the fried andouille. Then pour the browned andouille and the juice into to the beans.
  10. Place your pot of beans covered into the oven on 350F for 45 minutes. Consider starting the rice while this is in the oven
  11. Begin cooking rice of your choosing (white and plain brown are tastey choices)
  12. Optional method to thicken the beans: - 10-15 min before done cooking, scoop 1/2 cup of the broth into a cup. Add 1 tablespoon of corn starch, and dissolve in the liquid. Pour back into the pot and allow to cook remaining time.
  13. Serve over rice of your choosing

Red beans and rice are synonymous with New Orleans, but how did that become so? In an earlier post on Haitian Soupe Joumou (Beef and Pumpkin Soup), I shared its connection to the successful Haitian slave. New Orleans-style Red Beans And Rice With Sausage Fulcher With Red Kidney Beans, Sausage, Onion, Celery Ribs, Garlic Cloves, Water, Bay Leaves, Dried Thyme, Dried Oregano, Tabasco, Garlic Powder, Ground Allspice, Ground Cloves, Ground White Pepper, Ground Black Pepper, Cayenne, Salt. Red beans & rice is a traditional Creole dish made with red beans, veggies, and, often, leftover pork bones. It's traditionally made with soaked dried beans and simmered for hours, but this recipe uses some shortcuts so you can have it on the table in under an hour.

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