How to Make Perfect Red Beans and Rice

Red Beans and Rice.

You can cook Red Beans and Rice using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Red Beans and Rice

1. It's 2 lb of red beans.
2. You need 1 of onion.
3. It's 3 of toes of garlic.
4. You need 1 lb of pickled meat.
5. You need 1 tbls of parsley.
6. You need 1 lb of cut up smoked sausage.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
8. It's 1 cup of chopped celery.
9. You need 2 of bay leaves.
10. It's to taste of Salt.
11. Prepare to taste of Pepper.

Red Beans and Rice instructions

1. Sort through beans to remove any bad ones or pebbles. Rinse beans a couple of times..
2. Soak beans overnight in enough cold water to cover them by a few inches (picture is of after a night of soaking).
3. Strain beans add to pot with enough cold water to cover by three inches.
4. Add chopped onion, garlic, celery, salt, pepper, baking soda, parsley and bay leaves.
5. Put on low/medium fire bring to a boil and simmer.
6. Brown cut up sausage in a frying pan then add to the pot of beans.
7. Add pickled meat.
8. Cook on low stirring occasionally. Do not tightly cover.
9. Cook for three and a half hours or until beans are cooked.
10. Smash some beans against the side of the pot to make it creamier.