Creole red beans & rice

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Red beans,dried
6 cups Water
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
¼ cup Bacon drippings
2 cups Ham,diced
2 cups Salt pork
2 cups Sausage,smoked
1 cup Onions,chopped
2 Garlic cloves,minced
¼ cup Parsley,chopped
4 cups Rice,hot cooked

Directions

1. Rinse beans; soak in water 30 minutes, then cook slowly until tender, about 2 hours (add boiling water as necessary). 2. Add salt and pepper to taste. 3. Heat bacon drippings in skillet; saute ham, salt pork or sausage, then add onions and garlic, cooking until translucent. 4. Stir into cooked beans along with parsley. 5. Remove about 1 cup beans; mash or put through a sieve and stir into beans (this will thicken the juices). 6. Serve over hot rice.

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