New Orleans Red Beans and Rice

By Thom7747

Ingredients

• 1 pound red kidney beans, dried
• 1/2 pound salt pork
• 1 whole onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/4 cup celery, chopped
• 1 quart ham or beef stock
• 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 whole bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 3 cups rice

Preparation

Step 1

Soak beans in water overnight. Drain.
 
In a Dutch oven, brown salt pork.
1. Add onions, garlic, and celery and sauté for 3 minutes.
2. Add beans, stock, Tabasco sauce, salt, and herbs.
3. Simmer 3 hours or until beans are tender.
4. Add water when necessary during cooking; water should barely cover beans at end of cooking.
5. Remove 1 cup beans and mash to paste.
6. Add mashed bean paste back to beans; stir until liquid is thickened.

Serve over hot rice.