|
 |
Red beans and rice recipe Texas style red beans cooked with garlic, onion, green bell pepper, Chorizo sausage and herbs, served on top of cooked rice. If using dried beans, have in mind that they need to be soaked overnight, so do that the previous day. Otherwise you can use canned beans and save the soaking and most of the cooking time.
Preparation time: 0 minutes, Cooking time: 180 minutes, Serves: 6
Ingredients 16 oz. red kidney beans, cleaned, sorted and soaked overnight
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, diced
6 cloves of garlic, minced
1/4 lb of chorizo (or other spicy) sausage, cubed
1/2 cup of parsley, minced
2 bay leaves
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Cayenne pepper to taste
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 smoked ham hocks
8 cups of chicken broth
6 cups of cooked rice
For garnishing
4 green onions (use only green part) chopped
Tabasco sauce (optional)
Directions
In a large pot on medium heat, saute in the vegetable oil the onion, celery
and green bell pepper for 10 minutes. Add the garlic and sausage to the pot
and cook for two more minutes.
Add the soaked red kidney beans and the rest of the ingredients (except for the green onions) to the pot.
Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil. Boil for 20
minutes, lower heat to minimum, cover and simmer
for about 2 1/2 hours, checking every 30 minutes or so, stirring and adding water if necessary.
After 2 1/2 hours check the beans and cook more if needed. When the beans are ready, smash a few of them with the back of a wooden spoon against the side of the pot.
Place the rice in a service dish and pour the beans on top. Garnish with the green onions and some Tabasco or similar sauce. Notes and tips You can use canned beans instead of dried ones. In this case, cook the beans over low heat for 30 minutes (do not boil them).
Recipes similar to Red beans and riceChicken nachos A great appetizer or party dish, chicken nachos are a popular Mexican dish that is very easy to make. Since it takes some time to prepare the ingredients, you can prepare it in advance and pop it in the oven when you need it.
Chicken enchiladas with rice and beans A chicken, brown rice and black or red kidney bean enchiladas dish, easy to make and great in taste. As with all enchiladas dishes, corn tortillas are filled with a meat or bean mixture that includes cheese, topped with some type of tomato and chili based sauce and finally baked in the oven. Enchiladas can be served as a first or main dish, together with Mexican condiments such as salsa or sour cream.
Arroz rojo (Mexican red rice) A classic Mexican side dish, arroz rojo is rice flavored with red chile sauce. Arroz rojo is great with tacos, enchiladas, burritos and chimichangas. The dish is called arroz rojo (literally translating to red rice) because the color of the rice turns to red.
Chili con carne with red kidney beans (one of the best versions) Here is another recipe of Chili con carne using red kidney beans. It is basically a variation of another version of chilli con carne listed on our website. This recipe uses lots of spices and instead of onion and garlic powders it uses fresh ones, minced. It also uses dried oregano, added at the last stage. The chili is cooked over medium heat for about 2 hours. During the cooking time, a series of ingredients are added in batches. Chimichangas Supreme Chimichangas with beef, chile and onion, topped with a red chili sauce and cheese, baked and then served topped with a sour cream mixture, tomatoes and shredded lettuce. Serve with refried beans, fried rice or other Mexican condments.
Mexican fried rice A Mexican fried rice recipe that is easy to prepare and great to serve with most Mexican dishes. The rice is first toasted, then fried with onions, garlic and bell pepper and finally cooked in tomato and chicken broth.
Rice Picante White rice cooked in water and then mixed with bell peppers, mayonnaise, onion, cheese and salsa picante. Great with traditional Mexican dishes such as tacos, enchiladas, chimichangas etc.
Rice picante (healthier version) A healthy version of rice picante using onion, Salsa picante, chicken broth and tomatoes. It is easy to prepare and tasty.
Chicken enchiladas with roasted tomato sauce This is a variation of the chicken enchiladas verde that uses over roasted tomato sauce instead of the tomatillo (Verde) sauce. This traditional Mexican recipe using flour tortillas, first fried in vegetable oil, then stuffed with cooked chicken, oven roasted tomato sauce and chili tomato sauce, rolled up, topped with more tomato sauce and cheese and baked for a few minutes in the oven. The roasted tomato sauce (recipe included) takes 6 to 8 hours to prepare but the result is worth the effort. You can make extra tomato sauce and refrigerate it.
Easy Mexican rice A simple, easy Mexican rice recipe that can be ready in 40 minutes. The the rice is first toasted in onion, garlic, carrot and Mexican spices, then cooked in water and tomato boullion. Serve as a side dish with your favorite Mexican dishes such as burritos, chimichangas, enchiladas etc.
Find more similar recipes
Back to the Red beans and rice recipe
|
|