Red beans & rice--new orleans style

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Dried red beans
Water
1 cup Dry red wine (opt)
3 Large onions, chopped
1 tablespoon Garlic chopped
½ cup Finely chopped parsley
½ cup Chopped green onions
¼ cup Bacon drippings
1 Ham bone and scraps (hocks)
10 cups Ham stock or water
Salt to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste

Directions

Prepare the beans the night before. Clean and pick through beans to remove foreign objects. Rinse several times in water to make sure beans are absolutely clean. In a lge. mixing bowl, combine the beans, with enough water to cover by 1 inch, and the wine, onions, garlic, parsley and green onions. Soak overnight, covered. Next morning, saute the hambone and scraps in the bacon drippings, in an 8 qt. pot. Pour the beans, with soaking water and all the seasonings, into the pot, then add enough stock to cover the beans by 2 inches; bring to a boil, then reduce the heat. Cover and simmer for 2 hrs., stirring occasionally so the beans won't stick and burn. Season with salt and hot sauce when the beans are tender. To make beans thicker, remove about a cup full, mash, and return to the pot. Stir in. Serve over hot cooked rice.

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