Creole Red Bean Stew Food

CREOLE RED BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Saute the onions, green onions, garlic, celery and bell peppers in the butter/bacon grease combination until they're sweated, about three minutes.
• Add the Andouille sausage, all spices and herbs. Cook for 10 minutes on medium heat.
• Add the tomatoes, worcestershire and tabasco sauces, the beans and a bean can full of water. Bring to a boil, and then turn down on low and let them cook about 20 minutes. Leave the lid off to thicken the fluid, but watch carefully so it doesn't dry.
• Serve with fluffy white rice and enjoy!

VEGAN SLOW COOKER RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large (12-inch) skillet over medium. Add the onion, season with salt, and cook, stirring, until the onion is limp and translucent, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the celery and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the chopped garlic, miso paste, smoked paprika, sweet paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne and sage, if using. Grind in a generous amount of black pepper and add 3/4 teaspoon salt. Stir to combine until the miso has dissolved, then remove from the heat and scrape the mixture into a 6- to 8-quart slow cooker. Add the beans, bay leaves, thyme and 6 cups water. Cook on high until the beans are very tender and creamy, about 7 hours.
• If your beans are not bubbling at all by the time they are done cooking, turn the heat up to high and let them bubble for about 10 minutes, to make them easier to digest.
• Before serving, add the soy sauce, and season to taste with salt and cayenne. Using a fork or the back of a spoon, mash some of the beans against the side of the slow cooker to make the mixture slightly creamy. (It will continue to thicken as it sits.) Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Top the beans with hot cooked rice and scallions; serve with hot sauce.

AUTHENTIC LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Rinse beans, and then soak in a large pot of water overnight.
• In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook onion, bell pepper, garlic, and celery in olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Rinse beans, and transfer to a large pot with 6 cups water. Stir cooked vegetables into beans. Season with bay leaves, cayenne pepper, thyme, sage, parsley, and Cajun seasoning. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
• Stir sausage into beans, and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the rice. In a saucepan, bring water and rice to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve beans over steamed white rice.

CREOLE LIMA BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a big soup pot; add in onion; saute over medium heat until translucent.
• Add in celery and bell pepper; saute another 5 minutes.
• Slowly sprinkle in the flour and stir until well integrated with the vegetables, then stir in the water.
• Add in the next 8 ingredients (lima beans through red pepper flakes); bring to a rapid simmer, then decrease heat; cover and simmer gently for 30-35 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, then stir in the parsley.
• Add a small amount of water if needed, but let the stew remain thick.
• Adjust the other seasonings if needed; discard bay leaves.
• Serve in bowls over hot cooked rice.

RED BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Drain the beans through a strainer set over a bowl. Place the beans in a large soup pot or Dutch oven. Measure the soaking water in the bowl, and add enough water to it to measure 2 1/2 quarts. Add this to the pot with the beans, turn the heat to medium-high and bring to a gentle boil. Skim off any foam and/or bean skins.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat in a large, heavy skillet and add the onions, carrots and peppers. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are tender and fragrant, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add 2 of the garlic cloves and continue to cook for another minute or so, until the garlic is fragrant. Season to taste with salt, add another tablespoon of oil and add the paprika. Cook, stirring, for a couple of minutes, until the vegetables are well coated with paprika and the mixture is aromatic. Add a ladleful of simmering water from the beans to the pan, stir with a wooden spoon or heatproof spatula, scraping the bottom and sides of the pan to deglaze, then stir this mixture into the beans. Add the tomato paste and bay leaf, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Add the oregano, the remaining garlic cloves, salt to taste, cayenne, vinegar and sugar, and continue to simmer for another hour. The beans should be thoroughly tender and the broth thick and fragrant. Taste and adjust salt, and add more cayenne if desired. For a thicker stew, strain out 1 heaped cup of beans with a little liquid and purée. Stir back into the stew.
• Just before serving, stir in the parsley. Serve over noodles or thick slices of country bread, topping each portion with a large dollop of drained yogurt.

CREOLE CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and onion, cook, stirring 4 to 5 minutes just until tender. Transfer to a bowl.
• Add chicken to skillet.Sprinkle with salt and pepper, cook turning pieces until browned. Add ham and garlic, cook, stirring until browned. Add wine, cook 1 minute.
• Stir in tomatoes, pepper-onion mixture, water oregano, cumin, thyme and red pepper sauce. Bring to boil. Add beans. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Nutrition facts based on single serving without rice.

CAJUN CHICKEN AND RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in a large pot. Add onion, bell pepper, celery, jalapeño, and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until softened and onion is translucent, about 20 minutes.
• Add chicken, The Spice Hunter Cajun Creole Seasoning Blend, and salt and increase heat to medium-high. Stir and cook until chicken begins to look opaque, about 2 minutes. Add tomato sauce, red beans, chicken broth, rice and bay leaf and bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer over medium-low heat. Stir frequently so that rice doesn't stick to the bottom and cook uncovered 20 minutes, until rice is softened. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce and check seasoning, adding more salt if desired. Remove bay leaf, ladle into bowls, and top with black pepper (soup with continue to thicken as it sits).

ROYAL STREET RED BEANS

Steps:

• Add all ingredients except for green onions and hot sauce to the slow cooker and stir.
• Cook on low heat for 8 hours.
• Before serving, remove bay leaves and garnish with green onions. Season with hot sauce or a splash of seasoned vinegar, if desired.
• Serve over fluffy white rice.