Cajun Green Beans Food

CAJUN RED BEANS

Steps:

• Place the pinto beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water. Soak beans 15 minutes; drain and rinse.
• Heat bacon grease in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir salt pork in hot grease for 1 minute. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, black pepper, and chipotle powder to salt pork; cook and stir until the vegetables are soft, about 4 minutes.
• Stir smoked sausage, bay leaves, parsley, and thyme into salt pork mixture; cook and stir until sausage is browned, about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute more.
• Stir beans into sausage mixture and add enough water to cover the beans. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and transfer beans mixture to a slow cooker.
• Cook on High for 1 hour. Reduce to Low and cook until beans are tender, adding water as necessary, about 6 hours more.
• Mash about 1/4 the beans against the side of the slow cooker crock with the back of a heavy spoon. Continue cooking on Low until beans are tender and creamy, 15 to 20 minutes more. Remove bay leaves.

CAJUN GREEN BEANS (QUICK & SPICY)

Steps:

• Preheat a heavy Dutch oven or pot to low-medium heat.
• Add oil, garlic, onion, oregano, and marjoram and cook until onion begins to soften, stirring often (5-10 minutes). Take care not to scorch the garlic.
• Turn heat down to low and add green beans, cayenne pepper, and paprika. Mix together, cover and heat through for 10 minutes. Serve hot.

SPICY CAJUN PICKLED GREEN BEANS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Fit as many green beans and carrots as you can into a jar, vertically.
• Add the garlic and bay leaf to the jar, using a chopstick or something similar to slide them down the sides of the jar.
• Add oregano, thyme, cayenne pepper, celery seed, and peppercorns directly to the jar.
• Bring vinegar, water, sugar, and salt to a boil in a small saucepan to make a brine, stirring to make sure sugar and salt are dissolved.
• Pour brine over vegetables in jar, making sure to cover all the vegetables and fill to the top.
• Allow jar to cool, and keep in refrigerator for 6 months. These will taste best if you allow them to sit in the fridge at least overnight, and the flavor will intensify as time goes on.

CREOLE GREEN BEANS RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook beans according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a skillet, over medium heat, cook bacon until it is crisp. Remove bacon. Stir in chopped onion and cook for about 5 minutes or until clear. Stir in minced garlic for about 1 minute.
• Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper until blended. Stir in diced tomatoes and chilies. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Drain green beans and add to skillet. Stir in bacon until evenly distributed.

CAJUN-STYLE GREEN BEANS WITH TABASCO

Steps:

• Steam the green beans until just done but still maintaining their bright green color. Drain. Keep warm.
• In the meantime, in a small pan over medium-high heat cook the salt pork or bacon until crisp. Reserve the fat. (If using vegetarian bacon, you'll need to add a bit of oil to the pan for frying.).
• Reduce heat, add the minced celery stalks and cook about 2 minutes; adding the garlic and cooking another minute longer. Stir in vinegar, Dijon mustard, sugar and TABASCO sauce. Heat through.
• Remove from heat; stir in celery leaves.
• Toss with beans to coat. Season with salt and pepper and adjust seasonings if necessary.

CAJUN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Remove casing from sausage.
• Using a large skillet with a lid, brown sausage and garlic in olive oil, breaking up sausage with a spatula as it browns.
• Add the green beans, chicken broth, butter to the skillet.
• Sprinkle green beans with a little bit of salt and the Cajun seasonings, stir well to combine.
• Cover and let simmer for about 7-9 minutes or until beans are tender. Stir with a spatula often while cooking.

GRILLED CAJUN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place green beans on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square). Sprinkle with Cajun seasoning and dot with butter. Fold foil around beans, sealing tightly.
• Grill, covered, over medium heat 9-11 minutes on each side or until beans are tender. Open foil carefully to allow steam to escape.

CAJUN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Slice bacon into bite-sized pieces and put into skillet with onion, garlic, and parsley.
• Saute until onion is soft and slightly brown.
• Add beans, salt, pepper, garlic salt or powder, creole seasoning and sausage.
• Cover and simmer until beans are cooked down with seasonings.
• Water can be added during simmering to keep beans from sticking to pan.
• Cook about 30-45 minutes.

CREOLE GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in a large skillet. Stir in green beans, bacon, onion, green pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until onions are translucent, about 2 minutes. Stir in cayenne pepper, Creole seasoning, and black pepper. Cover; reduce heat to low. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt.