Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style
Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, shorty's red beans and rice - easy style. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

I use turkey kielbasa to cut down on the fat, but not the flavor. I added plenty more garlic, a good dose of Tony's (a Louisiana must!), and jalepano-style Tabasco sauce. We like more rice here, as well.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook shorty's red beans and rice - easy style using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style:
  1. Make ready 1 Green Bell Pepper - diced
  2. Get 3 (15.5 oz) cans Red Beans (rinsed and drained). The cans should be labeled Red Beans (not kidney beans)… Sometimes smaller groceries won't carry this kind of canned bean. You can always substitute dry Red beans (prepped) and use broth instead of water
  3. Get 4 cloves garlic - minced
  4. Take 3-4 stalks celery - diced
  5. Prepare 1 onion - diced
  6. Get 1 lb Andouille Sausage
  7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
  8. Make ready 1 bay leaf
  9. Take 1/4 teaspoon rubbed sage
  10. Get 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  11. Make ready 2 cup water
  12. Get 2 teaspoons Hot sauce (Tabasco or similar) or to taste

Making red beans and rice from scratch is easy; all it takes is beans, vegetables, some cured pork and sausage, and patience. [Photographs and video: J. New Orleans-style red beans and rice is mind-bendingly delicious. Smoky, spicy, hearty, and supremely comforting. Red beans & rice is a traditional Creole dish made with red beans, veggies, and, often, leftover pork bones.

Steps to make Shorty's Red Beans and Rice - Easy style:
  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Dice up onion, bell pepper, and celery into bean-sized bits as indicated above
  3. Brown andouille sausage over medium/high heat in a separate pan. Should be slightly browned and crispy when done
  4. Sauté vegetables in olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic half about 5 minutes after beginning to sauté. Continue to sauté until the onions are translucent but not brown.
  5. Add water to sautéed vegetables.
  6. Add rinsed and drained red beans to the vegetables and broth
  7. Add cumin, cayenne, and bayleaf to vegetable mixture
  8. Bring bean/veggies to a simmer
  9. After the beans come to a simmer, add a smidgen of water (2 tbsp) to the pan with the fried andouille. Then pour the browned andouille and the juice into to the beans.
  10. Place your pot of beans covered into the oven on 350F for 45 minutes. Consider starting the rice while this is in the oven
  11. Begin cooking rice of your choosing (white and plain brown are tastey choices)
  12. Optional method to thicken the beans: - 10-15 min before done cooking, scoop 1/2 cup of the broth into a cup. Add 1 tablespoon of corn starch, and dissolve in the liquid. Pour back into the pot and allow to cook remaining time.
  13. Serve over rice of your choosing

It's traditionally made with soaked dried beans and simmered for hours, but this recipe uses some shortcuts so you can have it on the table in under an hour. And, instead of using a ham hock. Traditionally, red beans and rice is made with Andouille sausage, which is a smoked pork sausage originating from France, but also popular in Louisiana. I recommend dividing the red beans and rice into single portions before refrigerating. This will make it cool down faster, and you'll already have.

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