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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Chinese and Mongolian >> Chinese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place the beans in a large bowl or pot and cover with water by 2 inches. Let soak for 8 hours or overnight. Drain and set aside. | 2. In a large pot, heat the bacon grease over medium-high heat. Add the tasso and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the onions, celery and bell peppers to the grease in the pot. Season with the salt, pepper, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, about 4 minutes. Add the bay leaves, parsley, thyme, sausage, and ham hocks, and cook, stirring, to brown the sausage and ham hocks, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the beans and stock or water, stir well, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender and starting to thicken, about 2 hours. (Should the beans become too thick and dry, add more water, about 1/4 cup at a time.). | 3. Remove from the heat and with the back of a heavy spoon, mash about 1/4 of the beans against the side of the pot. Continue to cook until the beans are tender and creamy, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves. | 4. Serve over rice and garnish with green onions. | 5. Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/red-beans-and-rice-recipe2/index.html?oc=linkback. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
red bean	1	lb	rinsed sorted	1496.8566	271.2486	110.5406	1.1340000000000001
bacon grease	3	tablespoons		347.139	0.0	0.0	38.5065
tasso	1/4	cup	chopped chopped	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
yellow onion	1 1/2	cups	chopped	172.26	10.2573	1.2397	14.094000000000001
celery	3/4	cup	chopped	12.12	2.2498	0.5227	0.1288
green bell pepper	3/4	cup	chopped	21.8925	4.7955	0.7506	0.2815
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
cayenne	1	pinch		0.3578	0.0637	0.0135	0.0194
bay leaf	3			-	-	-	-
parsley	2	tablespoons	chopped	2.736	0.4811	0.2257	0.06
thyme	2	teaspoons		1.6159999999999999	0.3912	0.08900000000000001	0.0269
sausage	1/2		smoked cut	700.801	2.1319	27.1702	64.0246
ham hock	1	lb	smoked	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
garlic	3	tablespoons	chopped	37.995	8.4303	1.6218	0.1275
water	10	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white rice	4	cups	cooked	2701.0	591.63	52.762	4.8839999999999995
green onion	1/4	cup	chopped	4.7925	1.0188	0.1722	0.0834

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.