Red Beans And Rice

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb dried red beans
• 2 quarts water
• 1 meaty ham bone (or thickly sliced raw ham, cubed)
• 1 lb hot sausage
• 1 lb lamb sausage (medium)
• 2 cups yellow onions, chopped
• 5 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 bunch green onion, chopped (including tops)
• 4 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
• 1 dash hot red pepper sauce, to taste
• salt
• pepper
• cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 soak beans as directed on package. drain the beans and place in large stock pot. cover with the 2 quarts water. add ham bone and sausages, onions, green pepper and seasonings.
• 2 cover, lower heat and simmer several hours.
• 3 mash some of the cooked beans against the side of the pot to produce a thick creamy sauce.
• 4 cook 2 more hours over low heat stirring occasionally.
• 5 season with red pepper sauce to taste.
• 6 serve over cooked rice.
• 7 the bean mixture can be frozen either in single servings or family style for future use. i have frozen individual servings with rice and this works great. adjust the heat levels with additional peppers or pepper sauce according to your tastes.