Cajun Style Green Beans With Tabasco Food

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.

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.

CAJUN STYLE BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• shape sausage into 1 inch balls and cook throughly, drain and set aside.
• In a large pot melt butter add onion, 1/2 c green onions, green pepper and garlic.Stir frequently, cook about 5 minutes until soft. Add chicken broth, pintos salt, pepper bay leaves, basil , hot sauce and sausage . Simmer 30 to 45 minutes, stirring frequently at end of cooking time mash some of the beans against the side of the pot for thick sauce. To serve place, place cooked rice in individual bowl, top with bean mixture and garnish with green onions. serve hot sauce on the side as well.

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.