Southern Red Beans And Rice
Created by dienia b on September 7, 2023
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 2h
- Recipe #41567
Ingredients
- 1 pound dry red kidney beans
- 1 tablespoon bacon grease
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 cup bell pepper, chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 7 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Rice
- 7 ounces dry white rice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups water
How to Make
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Step 1: Soak the beans overnight and drain.
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Step 2: Fry the onions, celery and bell peppers in hot bacon grease until translucent in large stockpot.
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Step 3: Add water, beans and bay leaf; don't season until end of cooking.
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Step 4: Cook until tender and thick about 2 hours.
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Step 5: About 90 minutes in, start rice in a covered sauce pan (water ,rice, salt).
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Step 6: Can use rice cooker. I love that appliance lol
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Step 7: Cook on low covered 20 minutes.
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Step 8: Take off heat and leave covered 5 minutes.
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Step 9: Fluff.
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Step 10: Take bay leaf out and season to taste.
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Step 11: Serve beans over rice.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (405.2 g)
- Calories 299.1
- Total Fat - 1.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.3 g
- Cholesterol - 1.1 mg
- Sodium - 537.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 57.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 15.7 g
- Sugars - 2.6 g
- Protein - 15.2 g
- Calcium - 106 mg
- Iron - 5.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 16.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg