Red beans & rice (barras)

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Red kidney beans
2 Cloves garlic
1 Bell pepper
1 Stalk celery
1 pounds Salt pork
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 Chopped onion
1 Whole hot pepper

Directions

Boil pork 5 minutes to get rid of salt. Put pork in second water (hot) and add beans, water, should be one-half inch above beans. Add immediately, one bell pepper, one chopped onion, celery, garlic, Italian seasoning and whole hot pepper. Cook slowly two to three hours, until gravy is thick and beans tender -- just before dishing out add a pinch of italian seasoning again. Salt to taste and serve with rice. From "Talk About Good" contributed by Mrs. Charles Barras, Jr.

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