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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Chinese and Mongolian >> Chinese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse beans (optional: soak overnight or for several hours prior to cooking, in order to avoid possible gas effects that sometimes result when eating beans). | 2. After rinsing, place the beans in the stock pot and fill 3/4 full of water. (The water will reduce as the beans cook). Bring to a boil. | 3. After the water comes to a boil, saute chopped onions and garlic in approximately 2 tablespoon of margarine, then add it to the beans. Lower heat to med-high and cook for approximately one hour. | 4. Add remaining seasoning, including seasoning salt, (optional) salt, pepper, parsley flakes, and bay leaves. Cook for another hour on med-high. Throughout cooking, add boiling water (and additional seasoning) to the pot, if the liquid reduces too much. Stir occasionally. | 5. Next -- this is the "magical step" -- add 1 stick of butter and cook for another hour on med-high, stirring occasionally. Watch the heat and adjust accordingly to avoid scorching your beans. | 6. Heat the ham and smoke sausage pieces in the microwave and add to the pot of beans. I like to heat the meat, so that my beans will continue cooking at its current temperature. | 7. Continue to cook on medium to medium-low, as the beans thicken. Stir occasionally. NOTE: I stay pretty close to my pot when cooking beans, so I can make sure they don't begin to stick. | 8. Serve over rice -- perhaps, add a piece of cornbread and ENJOY! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
kidney bean	1	lb		131.5419	18.5973	19.0509	2.2680000000000002
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic clove	4 -5		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
margarine	2	tablespoons		811.0319999999999	1.0152	1.0152	90.804
seasoning salt				-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
parsley flake				-	-	-	-
bay leaf	8			-	-	-	-
sausage	1		smoked cut	1401.6021	4.2638	54.3404	128.0493
ham	1	cubes		-	-	-	-
water				-	-	-	-
margarine	1/2	cup		811.0319999999999	1.0152	1.0152	90.804

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