White Beans and Rice Recipe

Soak the beans overnight. Toss that water and rinse. Fill your pot or slow cooker to about 1/2 above the beans with cold water. Add some minced onion, green onion, garlic, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Toss in some quartered smoked sausage or a smoked ham hock, cover and simmer. Cook for a couple of hours, stirring occasionally.

I do something like this:

1 lb of dried beans
1 medium onion, diced
1/2 bell pepper,diced
1 stalk of celery,diced
1/2 to 1 lb good smoked sausage
1 smoked ham hock
3 cloves of garlic,crushed
2 bay leaves
1/2 T each of thyme, orgegano, and basil
salt, black and red pepper to taste
fresh Italian parsley
green onions
about 6 cups of water


Brown the sausage in your pot and remove. Saute the chopped veggies until the onions are clear, adding the garlic last. Add the dry seasonings, and then add the water, beans and ham hock(chopped leftover ham is good, too, in addition to the hock).

Bring to a boil and cut to a simmer. After an hour(stir often), add the sausage. When the beans begin to break, add the green onion.Mash a cup or two of the beans against the pot with your spoon to get a creamy texture. Finish with the parsley and adjust all seasonings.

Serve over rice with cornbread.

If you soak the beans first, start with 5 cups of water...in either case, soaked or not, you can always add more water when neeed.

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Boy will be able to sleep tonight. I'll try the vinegar...vinegar goes well with anything...

I add a pinch of cinammon and fresh, finely chopped rosemary goes well also.

I also prefer the Navy Pea bean over the Great Northern.

Split the liquid half water/ half chicken stock and it adds a richness.

Mashing a few beans is the key.

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I like about a 1/4 cup of plain white vinegar added, just for a hint of acidity. Can't really taste it, but it is just kind of there.

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I haven't used it in beans yet, but it is my secret weapon with some seafood dishes that I make. It cannot be replaced when steaming or even boiling seafood.

I try not to eat rice too often anymore, but when I do, I also need that acid kick. Pickled green tomatoes do the trick, as well as adding a little sweetness and crunch.

You do know that I don't really look like Darla? (But I did as a kid.)

Maybe I need to buy some pepper sauce. You don't mean like Tabasco, but those green peppers in vinegar?

I hated to break the illusion.