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Master and Commander Posts: 1431 | Subject: Cajun Recipe INGREDIENTS (Nutrition) 1 pound dried red beans, soaked overnight 10 cups water 1 pound andouille sausage, sliced into rounds 1 large sweet onion, chopped 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped (optional) 8 cloves garlic, chopped 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning, or to taste 6 fresh basil leaves, chopped 1 ham hock 4 cups cooked rice What to Drink? Riesling DIRECTIONS Place the beans and water into a slow cooker. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the sausage in the skillet; remove from the skillet with a slotted spoon and transfer to the slow cooker. Reserve drippings. Add onion, green pepper, jalapeno pepper and garlic to the drippings; cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer everything from the skillet to the slow cooker. Season the mixture with pepper and Creole seasoning. Add the fresh basil leaves and ham hock. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours, or until beans are tender. If the bean mixture seems too watery, take the lid off the slow cooker and set heat to High to cook until they reach a creamy texture. FOOTNOTE When making your rice, if you have the time try it this way: Boil your rice until nearly done, drain in a metal strainer and rinse with cold water. Add about an inch of water to the pot you boiled the rice in and place the strainer full of rice on top of the pot. place on stove on medium heat, cover and steam the rice for about 15 minutes. This is a little time consuming, but it makes perfect rice. | ||
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Plankowner Posts: 9165 Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Cajun Recipe I'm going to a Cajun house party this weekend. | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 1431 | Subject: RE: Cajun Recipe Cajun know how to party and I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself, especially the food, music and dancing!!! | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 1455 | Subject: RE: Cajun Recipe I rememebr recipes like this on when I lived in Beaumont, TX. If you can't find andouille substitute chourico. The Chourico tends to be fatty so you might want to give it a quick saute to remove some of the fat. Feel free to add some hot sauce too. Reisling might be a good choice but I never met Cajuns who drank fine wines. Their choice would probably be 35 Deg beer. Thanks for putting this out to the troops. | ||
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Plankowner Posts: 9165 Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Cajun Recipe | ||
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 2540 Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: Cajun Recipe Gee, I know "how" someone will be spending his birthday...OR...somewhere close to it!!! ; > )))) | ||
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Plankowner Posts: 9165 Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Cajun Recipe Duh.... first thing I noticed...:-)... hell of a party... I'll have 8 bands playing for my Birthday party....!!!! | ||
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 2540 Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: Cajun Recipe DUH...nothing gets by you, does it!!!! ; > ))) | ||