I'm hungry and we're in a rut lately with the winter meals.
Red Beans and Rice.
Pound of small red beans, soak couple hours/over night, then in the pressure cooker for 20 minutes at 'low' pressure. Add Tbsp of oil to reduce foaming.
Fry up 4-6 strips bacon til crisp. Do NOT toss the bacon fat out
Saute 1.5 cups mild/sweet onions in bacon grease.
Toss in some meat. A few ounces of Tasso recommended. Coarse chopped ham acceptable.
Crumble bacon, toss in the saute pile.
Add in 3/4-1 cup chopped celery.
Add in a chopped small bell pepper.
Add some chopped fresh parsley (couple Tbsp)
Add in some chopped
FRESH thyme, about 1 Tbsp.
Add in some more meat (coarse chopped bulk smoked tube steak is fine), about 1/2 pound.
Find some more sausage in the back of the freezer, coarse chop and add that. About 1/2 lb.
Smoked ham hocks, if you can find them, about four.
Add a dash of cayenne pepper if using bland sausage.
Salt and pepper if so inclined.
Drain beans (if exceptionally wet), add all the crap above into a big pot. Add some chicken stock (~10 cups), set to simmer.
Add a wad of crushed garlic (4-?? cloves).
Float a few mild/sweet bay leaves.
Let simmer for a week. Or a few hours if pressed for time.
Peel meat off ham hocks, chop and reintroduce.
Remove bay leaves.
Mash some of the beans to make a lumpy/creamy poo.
Make some rice. I like Basmatti.
Spoon a dollop of rice on a plate. Add an equal dollop of the bean poo over half of the rice.
Garnish with chopped green onion.
Accompany with corn bread and lots of butter and/or honey.
Rick