red beans and rice

How To Make red beans and rice

• Step 1
  In a large, heavy pot add the halved ham hocks with a small splash of oil and saute on high heat for 3-4 minutes. Your kitchen should be smokey.
• Step 2
  Add, onions, celery, green pepper, ground peppers (red, white and black), garlic and onion powders and Tabasco and saute until vegetables are tender crisp, about 3-4 minutes.
• Step 3
  Add minced garlic, thyme and oregano and saute for an additional minute.
• Step 4
  Cover mixture with water, cover and simmer of approximately 1 hour.
• Step 5
  Remove ham hocks from pot and allow to cool. When cool, remove the meat from the hocks and discard fat and bones. Reserve meat with andouille sausage.
• Step 6
  Add ham and beans to pot and return to boil. Simmer uncovered for another hour. Stir every 15 minutes or so to ensure beans do not stick to bottom of pan. If mixture becomes too dry, add water to allow beans to soften.
• Step 7
  Add sausage and meat from ham hocks and simmer for an additional 45 minutes to 1 hour until beans are soft mixture is desired consistency.
• Step 8
  Once beans are cooked and mixture has reached the perfect consistency, remove pot from heat and add stick of butter. Stir until butter is completely incorporated.
• Step 9
  If needed, season with salt and adjust heat with cayenne.
• Step 10
  Serve over hot white rice with cornbread. Typical garnish is green onions.
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