Southern Gal

Hello yall from the deep south, I have been cooking & loving it for over 40 years and would love to talk to anyone out there about any thing realated to cooking.

I would like to share my recipe for red beans and rice, I know, I know another one, but mine is different then any other I have ever seen. I kinda invented it myself over the years. I even gave it to my cousin who has lived in Ca. all her life and she loves it. This is the recipe: One pound of red beans washed and put in bowl with enough water to cover and soak overnight. Next day take one large onion chopped, one large bell pepper chopped, 3 TLBS. garlic, chopped. Put 3 TLBS. of bacon grease or olive oil in large pot and saute the vegetables 2-3 minutes on med. heat then add one can of stewed tomatoes and one can of rotell tomatoes and smash in pot and saute about 3-4 more minutes. Then pour water off of beans and put in pot, then add 6-7 cups of water or I use Swanson's vegetable broth it gives a better flavor. Bring to boil then turn down to simmer. After one hour put a ham bone leftover from a ham with some ham still on it. If do not have one use 2-3 ham hocks. If using ham hocks you will have to get a big slice of ham and cut up and put in pot. After another hour of simmering take ham bone, ham hocks out of beans and discard, you should have some ham from the bone left in pot. Simmer about one more hour until beans are very soft and broth is thickened. Now take 1-2 pounds of smoked sausage slice up and brown in pan then put in pot with beans. Serve over white rice,delicous!

From Southern Gal

Hi Ishel moderator, I hope this gets to you. I have just recently started learning to use the computor and don't really have a great understanding of where to send things, if you get this please send me and e-mail letiing me know where to post my recipes. Also how do I get to my personalized home page? Thanks, Southern Gal  ryan5346@live.com

Gosh, John DT I never really thought about how many servings this makes,but I will say when all my three childern were home I would make a big pot of beans and the five of us could eat two nights off of it. Hope this helps. Probably about 8-10 servings. From Southern Gal