Cajun Pintos Recipe Like Bojangles Food

BOJANGLES DIRTY RICE RECIPE (EASY COPYCAT)

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, cook sausage until browned, breaking it up as it cooks (about 10 minutes).
• Remove all but 2 Tablespoons of fat from the pan.
• To the pan, add bell pepper, onion, cayenne, garlic, paprika, and black pepper and stir together.
• With heat on medium, cook for about 10 minutes or until bell pepper is softened.
• Add cooked rice to skillet, reduce heat to low, and stir. Heat 5 minutes or until hot throughout. Serve right away.

PATIO PINTOS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons in pan., Add onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in beans, tomato sauce, green chiles, brown sugar and seasonings. Sprinkle top with bacon. Bake, covered, 60-70 minutes or until heated through. Freeze option: Freeze cooled bean mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water if necessary.

AWESOME PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Tip: When shopping for pinto beans if not in bulk,always check the color!
• Very important! they should be pinkish or tan, the lighter the better!
• Wash and wash.
• Preboil then drain,cook slow about 3 hours,stir often.
• Use black coffee in place of adding water at least 2 times.

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.