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Red beans and rice: traditional Monday fare in New OrleansPosted Feb 27th 2006 3:02PM by Stefania ButlerFiled under: Dinner, Grains, Vegetables, Recipes, How To, Did you know?, America, Slow cookingThis morning I am making red beans and dirty rice in honor of Mardi Gras.
Using this delicious-sounding recipe for the red beans and
have just finished sauteing the "trinity" to add to the partially-cooked beans, along with my smoked ham hock
and Andouille sausage. I found it interesting to read that red beans and rice is traditionally served on Mondays.
My making it today is purely coincidental.For the rice, I am going to serve dirty rice. I've been Googling
recipes all morning and I haven't decided which recipe to choose. If you have a tried and true recipe, please let me
know. Although I love traditional dirty rice made with chopped giblets, I am going to use ground beef since it's what I
have on hand. I'll serve it with lots of chopped green onions to garnish and hot sauce on the side. There's
nothing like a simple meal of beans and rice on a stormy, San Francisco Monday.And, tomorrow, for Mardi
Gras or Shrove Tuesday itself, perhaps I'll make a batch of yeasted pancakes.
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