Print Recipe
Red Beans and Rice
 
recipe image
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 2 Minutes
Ready In: 22 Minutes
Servings: 8
Serve with your favorite hot sauce, warm French bread and butter.
Ingredients:
1 lb red beans
8 cups water
1 lb smoked ham hocks or 1 lb smoked pork shanks
1 onion, chopped
1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
salt and pepper (to taste)
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke (or more to taste)
1/4 cup butter (1/2 a stick)
hot cooked rice
Directions:
1. Pick through beans to remove any rocks. Wash beans and cover with water in a large pot. Add onion, bell pepper, ham hocks, and garlic.
2. Cook on low heat until done (about 2 to 3 hours depending upon how soupy you like your beans).
3. Remove hocks; allow to cool. Remove meat from hocks and return meat to bean mixture. Add salt, pepper, liquid smoke and butter; heat through. Serve over rice.
By RecipeOfHealth.com