One of my favorite dishes from New Orleans, Louisiana is Red Beans and Rice.
I updated my traditional recipe in the Instant Pot to speed it up, and substituted the traditional andouille sausage. This is a family favorite recipe often passed down generations.
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Let me know what you think of my twist on this tradition.
Ingredients:
1 bag red beans
6 cups chicken broth
¼ cup each celery, onion and green pepper
1 bay leaf
Salt/pepper to season
½ tsp Creole/Cajun seasoning of your choice
½ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp black pepper
Meat of choice (andouille sausage, turkey kielbasa, salt pork, ham hocks, diced ham)
1. Place red beans in a bowl and cover red beans in cool water. Place in the refrigerator overnight. Drain beans after soaking in a colander.
2. Place Instapot on Sauté mode, and sauté the celery, onion, green pepper and meat of choice.
3. Add beans, chicken broth, 1 bay leaf, Creole seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper to the Instapot.
4. Set Instapot to Pressure Cooker mode – 60 minutes on High.
5. Manual release and open lid, stir.
6. Season as needed and serve over rice
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