Cajun Red Beans & Rice ~ Foamheart

[foamheart]

Even a dang Yankee will say that looks damn good! ;)

Its pretty hard to not make good beans of any type. When I was a kid we ate beans at least once a week, but since Mom and Pop were from West Texas we got a lot of pintos! Pintos are easily grown in those dry sandy cotton fields. Now my aunt taught me about snap pinto beans. Those are delicious! Yankee's taught me about Navy beans while I was in the service. Soooo creamy and cooked with ham chunks... hard to beat those!

 

[foamheart]

Lovely stuff, Foamy. Thanks for the step by step.

Thank you, beans are always good. I have made a bunch of beans at the camp. Coulda had steaks, gator, frog legs, venison, fish, and thing we wanted and beans always seemed to come up. Something about bean cooked over an open fire. Throw in some cold beer and corn bread and everyone starts telling lies! <Chuckles>

 

[SmokinAl]

Man o man Kevin!
That is a delicious looking meal!
Very nicely done & congrats on getting a ride on the carousel!
Al

 

[mosparky]

Looks great, Foamy ! Just what I need, one more thing on the to do list that only I can or will eat. The she-beast has a variety of gut issues and the kids don't care much for beans (sometimes I question if we are related). At least they will all do some serious damage to the cornbread, so there's that.

 

[bdskelly]

A thing of beauty. Nice post Kev. B

 

[HalfSmoked]

Awesome for sure I have never meet a bean I didn't like. So many ways to prepare the many kinds of beans but for sure this at the top of the list.

Warren

 

[foamheart]

Looks great, Foamy ! Just what I need, one more thing on the to do list that only I can or will eat. The she-beast has a variety of gut issues and the kids don't care much for beans (sometimes I question if we are related). At least they will all do some serious damage to the cornbread, so there's that.

Thank you. You know a country boy by that corn bread. <Chuckles> You've no idea how much corn beard I have crumbled in a tall glass of sweet milk for dessert.

Man o man Kevin!
That is a delicious looking meal!
Very nicely done & congrats on getting a ride on the carousel!
Al

Thanks Al, and Thanks Al.

 

[foamheart]

Awesome for sure I have never meet a bean I didn't like. So many ways to prepare the many kinds of beans but for sure this at the top of the list.
Warren

Thank you sir..... hard to go wrong with beans.

A thing of beauty. Nice post Kev. B

Thanks Brian, ya know, I always get tickled thinking about the beans in Blazing Saddles w/ Mungo or Jerry Lewis in the Army at some point while cooking 'em. So they are a mood altering drug !

 

[mosparky]

No interest in cornbread and sweet milk. Dad got me hooked on cornbread in a glass of buttermilk as a child. It disgusts the she-beast, but I love it.

 

[tbrtt1]

Thanks. They are so simple, and I don't think now what you could mess 'em up... well maybe burn 'em.

Yep, burning them is the only danger. And I have done it being in a hurry.

 

[bluewhisper]

Very nice! I recently cooked up a mix of red and black beans with a little bit of tomato sauce. Then I added some leftover country style ribs which were baked with some bbq sauce.

The Cubans have what they call "Moros y Cristianos" Moors and Christians, black beans with a side of white rice.

My pantry has an entire shelf dedicated to dry beans, also split peas and usually some lentils.

As for that wash day story, it reminds me of a North African tradition where you go down to the public bath for the afternoon, bringing a pot of beans, and while you're bathing the beans are cooking in the oven that heats the bath. Then you go home with your dinner cooked.

 

[weev]

Yea weev, he used camelia beans....pic. of the bag is in the first picture...

Sorry I didn't notice them

 

[foamheart]

No interest in cornbread and sweet milk. Dad got me hooked on cornbread in a glass of buttermilk as a child. It disgusts the she-beast, but I love it.

I am sitting here laughing. Pop always wanted buttermilk. I have got to agree with your bride, I love to cook with buttermilk, but I don't want to drink it. Why do the put due dates on the carton. Seriously does it taste different after 3 months in the reefer? It doesn't smell different...LOL

 

[foamheart]

Very nice! I recently cooked up a mix of red and black beans with a little bit of tomato sauce. Then I added some leftover country style ribs which were baked with some bbq sauce.

The Cubans have what they call "Moros y Cristianos" Moors and Christians, black beans with a side of white rice.

My pantry has an entire shelf dedicated to dry beans, also split peas and usually some lentils.

As for that wash day story, it reminds me of a North African tradition where you go down to the public bath for the afternoon, bringing a pot of beans, and while you're bathing the beans are cooking in the oven that heats the bath. Then you go home with your dinner cooked.

Red beans black beans and ribs...... I love 'em all they'd have to be good together. Multi-tasking at its finest.

 

[foamheart]

Sorry I didn't notice them

Sorry I didn't mean it condescending, heck I didn't even notice it had already been answered twice before me. This is one place where questions are never taken badly. Its why we are here. To learn and share. Anyway if I made you feel that way, I apologize. Its hard to see folks reactions in a computer screen.

 

[indaswamp]

Sorry I didn't notice them

Hope you didn't take my post the wrong way, I was just answering your question. Then I though that most people outside of Louisiana would not recognize the packaging so I found a large google image of Camellia red beans for ya. I was just trying to help Kevin out....

 

[tropics]

Kevin Thank You my neighbors are from Porto Rico,they will love this they make something similar Points
Richie
If you are into the Super Hot Peppers I can send you some S.Carolina Reaper seeds PM me if you do

 

[bluewhisper]

Hey tropics, you might want to check out the C2C Pepper Forum.

 

[weev]

Hope you didn't take my post the wrong way, I was just answering your question. Then I though that most people outside of Louisiana would not recognize the packaging so I found a large google image of Camellia red beans for ya. I was just trying to help Kevin out....

No not at all thanks for answering most times I'm on my phone and don't always notice things I saw the plates but didn't recognize the bag

I do have another question though
Foam said it takes 2-4 hours to cook but I thought dried beans had to soak overnight?

 

[indaswamp]

No not at all thanks for answering most times I'm on my phone and don't always notice things I saw the plates but didn't recognize the bag

I do have another question though
Foam said it takes 2-4 hours to cook but I thought dried beans had to soak overnight?

If you soak over night, the cook time will be shorter, yes. But red beans here are cooked until they are creamy (usually anyways)...
My Aunt likes to mash some of the beans with a spoon to make the beans creamy...it's just how they are cooked in New Orleans. If time is a constraint, I recommend these:

As authentic as it gets from a can. Made right here in my home town. Every time I pass by the canning factory and the wind is just right, I can smell the red beans cooking. Makes me crave red beans! LOL! You can order them from online cajun grocers...
I just fry up a little onion, add seasoning meats, then dump the can(s) in the pot and simmer for 15~20 minutes. Done! Cook some rice, top with a little hot sauce...yum!