Popeye's Red Beans And Rice

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 (16 ounce) cans red beans (2 cans with liquid, 1 can drained)
• 1/2-3/4 lb smoked ham hock
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 5 tablespoons lard
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 4 -5 cups long grain rice, cooked and drained

Recipe

• 1 pour 2 cans of beans with their liquid into a 2-quart saucepan.
• 2 add smoked ham hock and water.
• 3 simmer over medium heat for 1 hour until the meat starts to loosen from the bone.
• 4 remove from heat and cool until the hock is cool enough so the meat may be removed from the bone.
• 5 place the meat, beans and liquid in a food processor.
• 6 to the mixture add onion powder, garlic salt, red pepper, salt, and lard.
• 7 process for only 4 seconds.
• 8 beans should be chopped and liquid thick.
• 9 add the third can of beans that have been drained of their liquid.
• 10 process just for a second or two; you want these beans to remain almost whole.
• 11 pour bean mixture back into to pan and cook slowly on low heat stirring often until ready to serve.
• 12 serve over rice.