Restaurant Style Red Beans And Rice

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 (15 ounce) cans red beans, with liquid
• 1 (15 ounce) can red beans, drained
• 1/2 pound smoked ham hock
• 5 1/4 cups water, divided
• 2 cups uncooked long-grain rice
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 5 tablespoons lard

Recipe

Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• in a 2 quart saucepan combine 1 drained can of bean, 1 undrained can of beans, ham hock and remaining 1 1/4 cup water. simmer on medium heat for 1 hour, until the meat starts to come away from the bone. remove from heat and cool until meat can be handled to be removed from bone.
• in a saucepan bring 4 cups water to a boil. add rice and stir. reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• in a food processor combine meat, beans and the liquid in which they cooked. to the mixture add onion powder, garlic salt, red pepper, salt, black pepper and lard. process for 4 seconds. beans should be chopped and the liquid thick.
• to the food processor add the third can of drained beans. process for 1 or 2 seconds, so that most of the beans remain almost whole. pour mixture back into saucepan and cook slowly on low, stirring often, until heated through.
• serve over cooked rice.