Monday night is always red beans and rice for dinner. The nightly family sit down during which a lot of the familial interaction would happen. In New Orleans eating is a social thing, which is why you will find posts about food and drink here along with my scribblings about the Internet and social media. It’s all about interaction, you see?
With that in mind here’s the first recipe. Shane over at A Year At The Wheel (@ayearatthewheel on Twitter) has been pestering me to get the first one up so I hope that he, at least, is satisfied.
So here is a really great recipe for Red Beans and Rice with our readers, the recipe Dave Cash has been using for years without number in his regular (and legendary) Monday evening gatherings in the Broadmoor area. I can vouch for the fact that they are delicious. They also are an example of something I do not often see: vegan/vegetarian twists on New Orleans cooking that actually work!
Thanks to Dave for permission to share the recipe, and thanks to GBitch, my favorite vegan, for inspiring me to share it. Bon Apetit!
Red Beans, Dave Cash Style
* 3 lbs dried, soaked, red beans
* one farmers market onion, chopped
* one farmers market green bell pepper, chopped
* several good shakes of chili powder
* tiny islands of ground coriander, dissolving in the sea
* a nice bit of cumin
* enough Hungarian paprika to make its people proud
* small pile of black pepper
1. Soak the beans for at least three hours on Sunday, then change the water and start cooking Sunday night on low heat in a seven-quart crock pot.
2. On Monday morning, add the rest of the ingredients and mash them into the cooked beans with a potato masher. Continue to cook on low throughout the day.
3. About an hour or two before people come over, stir the beans and add some water to thin them, if desired.
Feeds about 15 hungry friends.
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will DO this for a monday feAst, so as youz eat, we’ll be with you, just not near you.
also, how much rice?
Figure a bit less rice than beans for each serving. Let me know how it turns out!