How to Make Homemade Red Beans & Rice (Louisiana Style)

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red beans & rice (louisiana style) using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Beans & Rice (Louisiana Style):

1. Get “dry” red kidney beans (or small red beans)
2. Prepare vegetable stock
3. Get water
4. Take smoked ham hock (or hambone)
5. Prepare dried bay leaves
6. Make ready salt and pepper
7. Take dried thyme
8. Get cayenne pepper
9. Make ready dried sage
10. Make ready Cajun seasonings
11. Take olive oil
12. Take andouille sausage
13. Take medium onion, diced
14. Make ready green bell pepper, diced
15. Prepare celery, chopped fine
16. Get garlic, minced
17. Get cured ham, diced
18. Get debris gravy (beef/pork gravy)
19. Prepare fresh parsley, chopped
20. Get hot sauce & cider vinegar
21. Prepare “cooked” long grain white rice

Steps to make Red Beans & Rice (Louisiana Style):

1. Day ahead: Soak beans overnight in a large pot of salted water. This hydrates the beans and reduces the overall cooking time the next day.
2. Drain the beans and then add the measured stock and water to the pot. Place the ham hock, bay leaves, and all the seasonings into the pot.
3. Bring this to a slight boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover (slightly ajar) and simmer for 2.5 hours. Stir occasionally.
4. [At the 2.5 hour mark …] - In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat and brown the andouille sausage for 3-4 minutes per side. Remove from pan and set aside to cool.
5. In the same pan, sauté onions, bell pepper, and celery in a little oil until soft, about 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and heat this for another minute.
6. Transfer the vegetables to the simmering pot of beans. Slice the sausage (1/3 inch) and diced ham and add to the pot. Continue to simmer.
7. [At the 3.5 hour mark …] - Remove the ham hock, shred the meat, and add to the pot. Add the brown gravy and parsley with a dash of hot sauce and vinegar and stir. Heat this for 30 minutes.
8. Serve the bean-gravy (when the beans are tender) over steamed white rice, with a side of cornbread and enjoy.

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