Cajun Red Beans And Rice.....The Real Deal

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TNJAKE

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Howdy Americans and non Americans and those of you who forgot what being an American was about.

Something different around here for our Independence Day meal. No coincidence that this is a traditional Monday meal in Louisiana...... laundry day.

Made up some red beans and rice today. Been making them this way for years and they are the real deal.

All starts with the red beans. If you aren't using Camellia then you aren't making Cajun red beans. And that's a fact
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Used 1lb. Put in pot and cover with water a few inches over beans. Let soak atleast 12hr. This gets rid of the farts and plumps up the beans. Then drain and rinse, put back in pot.

Now prepare the Cajun trinity. Bell pepper,onion, celery. All diced. 2 med bells. I did a red and green. 2 med Vidalia onion and 2 celery stalks
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Had a package of some amazing andouille from home place pastures and some of my homemade bacon ends. Cut it all up. Used 1.5lb andouille
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Fry up the bacon ends
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When finished throw in the Cajun trinity and 5 cloves minced garlic and sweat until very tender
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After that brown up the sausage
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Get everything together in a pot with approximately 7 cups of chicken broth and add 2T slap ya mama. Half tsp cayenne pepper. A palm full of fresh thyme and one bay leaf. Couple splashes Louisiana hot sauce
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Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to low heat. If covered it will continue at a low boil. Let it go for 1.5hr stirring occasionally then uncover. Let cook on low another 2hr stirring. An hour from supper mash up about a cup of the beans and mix in really well. 30min before supper add a half stick of room temp unsalted butter. Both those steps are crucial. Don't skip them. They add the creaminess you want. Cooked for about 4.5hr and we are ready to eat
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Remove the bay leaf. Put a scoop of white rice and filler up with red beans and sausage. Garnish with green onion. Wife made a jalapeno/cheddar cornbread to go with it
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Hard to beat a meal like this. Hope some of y'all will try this out!
 
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Thanks for posting this Jake!
We eat a lot of beans & rice & will definitely give your recipe a try.
It sure looks delicious and I really like the rice ball!! We just put the beans on top of the rice, but not next time!
Al
 
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Damn Jake, that looks fantastic. Love me some red beans and rice!! Thanks for the detailed process and well done my friend.

Robert
 
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Thanks for posting this Jake!
We eat a lot of beans & rice & will definitely give your recipe a try.
It sure looks delicious and I really like the rice ball!! We just put the beans on top of the rice, but not next time!
Al
Haha thanks Al
 
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