9th Ward Daily Photo: Smoking Sausage For Our Red Beans And Rice

9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr
Here’s our recipe for Red Beans And Rice With Smoked Sausage.
Ingredients
2 lbs Sausage, smoked, chopped
2 lbs Beans, Red, Kidney
4 lbs Onion, Yellow, Sweet,chopped
6 each Chile, Poblano, chopped
1 each Chile, Habanero, minced
1 each Garlic, bulb, minced
1 each Celery,bunch, ribs, chopped
4 qts Stock, pork preferably but chicken will do
Method
* Bring stock to boil with kidney beans, reduce to simmer
* Cook your trinity [onion,celery,poblano]
* We start by cooking the onion for a half hour, then add celery,Poblano and Habanero
* Cook for half hour more
* Add garlic and sausage
* Cook 15 minutes
* After beans have been cooking for 1 hour add your Trinity/sausage mix
* Cook til beans are tender
* Typically one more hour