Red Beans & Rice

[halvenut]

I like it either way. All the recipes above sound great.

 

[M E Morrison]

Do prefer to prepare the bean mixture separately and then ladle it over the rice or do you like the rice and beans all mixed together?
We bought some Zatarains in a box. I thought it was just gonna be the bean mixture, but the rice is all mixed in. I'm gonna have to make my own, I guess.

All mixed together - that gives the rice a bit more flavor!
PS: had this for supper last night.

 

[RonJ]

Hey Labworm

You once declared me the Music King. Since you posted about Marica Ball singing RED BEANS I must relinquish the throne to you. You find a lot more stuff than I do. The King is disabled, Long live the King!

 

[Harrison]

Zetarains is pretty good for quickly stuff. It is even better if you add a teaspoon of Louisiana Hot Sauce. The red beans and rice should be all mixed together, at least that's the only way I have ever seen it. The best kind is the one you make yourself from scratch, but that can take some time.

 

[Kinman]

Of course anything made from scratch is better...no argument but if all I want to spend is 20 minutes or so I like Vigo's red beans and rice, I prefer their Santa Fe Beans and Rice because it is quite good without adding anything extra to it. I get hungry for ham hocks and beans from time to time because I ate alot of that when I was a kid, mom used whatever beans we had on hand, even them big ole red kidney beans. Once I made a big ole potful with two or three smoked ham hocks, onions, garlic...it got to smelling so good I started eating it before them pinto beans got fully cooked, they was still a little on chewey side but man was they good going down. Later that evening I started getting a terrible ache in my side, under my short ribs and eventually I let loose this tremendous bowl blaster of a fart, my wife came in the room and told me she had a customer coming over and could I take that downstairs. I was in misery, it would not stop and I was unaware of the awful smell I was putting off. My wife said when the gal came in the door, she sorta jerked her head back like in recoil, my wife was very embarrassed, I stayed in the basement.

 

[CCantu357]

Always severed separate, over rice. Skip the box or canned beans. The beans must be soaked overnight prior to cooking. Cook for a few hours with onions, garlic, bell pepper, celery and parsley. Then add some salt and black/red pepper.I prefer to add the sausage on top when severing, like the Piccadilly. But any good seasoning meat will do, pork sausage, salt/pickled pork, or cubed ham will work fine. Always good with cornbread (no sugar of course), or French Bread. Greens make a good side as well. Good any day of the year, but best served on Monday, every Monday.

 

[islamoradamark]

when i go to my favorite Cuban restaurant i like it ladled over my rice then mix together and a fresh half chicken to go with it

 

[mstem]

I have never ate red beans & rice. I want to make some. Are red beans the same as kidney beans?

 

[Kinman]

Red beans are smaller than a kidney bean and not as dark, about the size of a pinto bean. I like them little black beans also, those are the ones the Cubans really know what their doing with...black beans over rice Cuban style, pork adobo...now theres a dish.

 

[shouldazagged]

I see no valid use for red kidney beans, but the small red beans are tasty and versatile.

I like black bean soup, and the Cuban Moros y Cristianos--black beans and rice--can be a most wondrous thing.

But then except for the too-sweet kidney type, there aren't many beans I don't love with rice, barley or millet. Or cornbread. Perfect, synergistic protein, cheap and healthy.

But now I need to make some red beans and rice for Monday.