Cooking Recipe Red Beans & Rice With Ham Hocks & Kielbas
Recipe Ingredients
Directions
Cover the beans with water 2 inches above the beans. Let stand
overnight. Drain before using.
Place the ham hocks, 10 cups of water, the celery, onions and bell
pepper, bay leaves and seasoning in a
5 1/2 qt saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and
simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour. Remove the ham hocks and
set aside.
Add drained beans and 4 cups of water to the pan: bring to a boil
reduce the heat, and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Stir in
kielbas aand simmer until the beans start to break up 30 min to 1 1/2
hour: scrape bottom of the pan often. Add ham hocks , stir, cook 10
minutes more. If the bean start to stick remove from pan without
scraping the bottom of the pan.
To serve, mound 3/4 cup of rice, place ham hock on one end, cover
and surround with beans and kielbasa. Walt Original