Red beans and rice is a staple food around our house. I make up a pot every week or so, no matter where we are living at the time. Like the poster above, I usually make up greens and cornbread to go with it. My son was raised on red beans and rice and he tells me that it is still his favorite meal.
The only thing I question is needing a recipe. My grandma and my aunt taught me to make red beans and rice and I’ve just always made it that way. Never needed no recipe. The ingredients may vary a bit depending on where we are living and what is available; but, once it is finished, it is red beans and rice and tastes like it.
That is so true. When I lived in Hawaii it was impossible to find good sausage and good quality beans. Fortunately, I had friends in Mississippi who mailed me boxes of Camellia brand beans. They were developed and are grown in Louisiana expressly for red beans and rice. I was stuck using Hillshire Farms sausage which is a shadow of real Southern style sausage, but with a little doctoring, the beans were good!!
This is the good stuff!! Made in Alabama, it is AWESOME sausage.