Shadow's Red Beans And Rice

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb red beans, small
• 1/2 lb ham hocks or 1/2 lb smoked ham
• 1 large yellow onion, peeled and chopped
• 3 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 large garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/8 lb butter or 1/8 lb margarine
• pepper, to taste
• 1 1/4 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• tabasco sauce, to taste
• salt, to taste
• 3 cups white rice, cooked
• 1 cup raw rice
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 chicken bouillon cube
• 2 teaspoons tabasco sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon file powder

Recipe

• 1 soak the beans overnight in water to cover.
• 2 drain and place in a heavy kettle.
• 3 add the ham,onion,celery,parsley, bay leaves, and garlic, and add water to the pot barely to cover contents.
• 4 bring to a boil, and then turn to simmer.
• 5 simmer uncovered for 2 hours.
• 6 you may need to add a little water to keep from sticking.
• 7 after the first 2 hours of cooking, add the butter, pepper, worcestershire, and tabasco to the pot.
• 8 cover and cook on very low heat for 1 more hour.
• 9 serve over white rice cooked the following way:.
• 10 this step should be preformed while the beans are cooking.
• 11 raw rice.
• 12 rinse rice 3 times in cold water.
• 13 add chicken boulion cube.
• 14 add tabasco sauce.
• 15 add file'.
• 16 bring rice to boil over medium high heat in water with boulion, tabasco, and file'.
• 17 when disapear from the surface of the rice turn heat to low and cover.
• 18 let let cook for 20 minutes on this low heat.
• 19 remove from heat and let stand for at least 10 minutes but not more the 30 minutes.