Red Beans with Rice Recipe

A great red bean and rice recipe

• Meal Type: Entree
• Ethnicity: Other
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: Over 1 hour, less than 1 day

Ingredients

• 1 lb Red kidney beans
• 1 lb Salt pork
• 2 Cloves garlic
• 1 t Italian seasoning
• 1 Bell pepper chopped
• 1 Chopped onion
• 1 Stalk celery chopped
• 1 Whole hot pepper

Directions

1. Boil pork 5 minutes to get rid of salt
2. Put pork in second water (hot) and add beans, water, should be one-half inch above beans
3. Add immediately, one bell pepper, one chopped onion, celery, garlic, Italian seasoning and whole hot pepper
4. Cook slowly two to three hours, until gravy is thick and beans tender -- just before dishing out add a pinch of italian seasoning again
5. Salt to taste and serve with rice
6. Charles Barras, Jr.