[Dixielandjazz] Red Beans & Rice

[Stephen G Barbone]

Here is Louis & Lucille Armstrong's recipe for Red Beans & Rice. Don't  
forget the Bisma Rex and Swiss Kriss 20 minutes after the meal. VBG.



Cheers,

Steve Barbone



POPS FAVORITE DISH

By - Louis and Lucille Armstrong - Creole Red Beans And Rice



(Use a 2 quart pot with cover)

1 lb Kidney Beans

1/2  lb Salt Pork (strip of lean, strip of fat) or slab bacon if  
preferred

1 small can of tomato sauce if desired

6 small ham hocks or 1 smoked pork butt

2 onions, diced

1/4 green bell pepper

5 tiny or 2 medium dried peppers

1 clove garlic - chopped

Salt to taste.


Wash beans thoroughly, then soak over night in cold water. Be sure to  
cover beans. To cook, pour water off beans, add fresh water to cover.  
Add salt pork or bacon, let come to a boil over full flame in covered  
pot. Turn flame down to slightly higher than low and let cook one and  
one-half hours. Add diced onions, bell pepper, garlic, dried peppers  
and salt. Cook three hours. Add tomato sauce, cook one and one-half  
hours more, adding water whenever necessary. Beans and met should  
always be just covered with water (juice), never dry. This serves 6 or  
more persons.....Preparation

To prepare with Ham Hocks or Pork Butts..... Wash meat, add water to  
cover and let come to a boil in covered pot over medium flame. Cook  
one and one-half hours. Then add beans (pour water off), add rest of  
ingredients to meat. Cook four and one-half hours. Add water when  
necessary.

Suggestions

For non pork eaters, chicken fat may be used instead of salt pork.  
Corned beef or beef tongue may be used instead of ham hocks or butts.

Rice

2 cups white rice
2 cups water
One teaspoon of salt
One pot with cover
Wash rice thoroughly, have water and salt come to a boil. Add rice to  
boiling water. Cook until rice swells and water is almost evaporated.  
Cover and turn flame down low. Cook until rice is grainy. To insure  
grainy rice, always use one and one-half cups water to one cup of  
rice..... "To serve"

On dinner plate — Rice then beans, either over rice or beside rice as  
preferred. ... Twenty minutes later — Bisma Rex and Swiss Kriss.