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Mississippi Style Red Beans

user-submission — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:57:09 +0000

Ingredients:

1 (1-lb.) package Camellia Brand Red Beans
1 pound neck bones, smoked
1 pound ham hocks, smoked
8 cups vegetable stock or water
4 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
3 small cayenne peppers, dried
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Directions:

1. Rinse and drain beans. Place beans in a large bowl, and add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Set aside and soak overnight.
2. Drain beans and add them to a heavy bottomed 6-quart stock pot. Add neck bones, ham hocks, stock, Cajun seasoning, cayenne peppers, and red pepper flakes.
3. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook for 30 minutes, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 4 to 6 hours, or until beans are tender. Add additional stock as needed.
4. Adjust seasoning to taste, and serve with warm cornbread.

Chef Jennifer Hill Booker is a Le Cordon Bleu-certified chef, cookbook author, reality TV personality, culinary educator, business owner and GA Grown Executive Chef for the GA Department of Tourism and Travel. She weaves her love of traditional Southern cuisine with her belief in incorporating healthy, seasonal foods and her classic French training.

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Ham Hock and White Bean Stew

user-submission — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:36:42 +0000

Ingredients:

1 (1-pound) package Camellia Brand Cannellini Beans, rinsed and sorted
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup sweet onion, chopped
5 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup white wine
2 (32 -ounce) containers vegetable stock
3 1/2 pounds smoked ham hocks, scored on each side
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon black pepper, ground
1 teaspoon fresh oregano, chopped
½ teaspoon red pepper, crushed

Directions:

In a large pot, place beans and cover with 3 inches of water. Cover and let stand overnight. Drain and rinse beans before using.
In a large enamel-coated cast-iron Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until just tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Add wine, scraping any bits from bottom of pot and cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add stock, rinsed beans, ham hocks, parsley, salt, black pepper, oregano, and red pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover with lid, reduce to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender, about 2 hours.
Using tongs, carefully remove ham hocks from pot. Using a potato masher or fork, mash beans to desired consistency. Shred meat from ham hocks and return to pot, discarding skin, bones, and cartilage. Stir until well combined and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes more. Serve warm.

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New Orleans-Style Red Beans & Rice

Aimee Bussells — Thu, 21 May 2015 22:00:46 +0000

Ingredients:

1 (1-pound) package Camellia Brand Red Kidney Beans
1 (32-ounce) container no-sodium chicken broth
Water, as needed
1 large onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup chopped parsley
4 celery stalks, chopped
1-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound of tasso, smoked ham, or pickled pork or a large ham hock
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried thyme
Hot sauce to taste
Creole seasoning to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
6 cups white or brown rice, cooked

Directions:

Rinse and sort beans. (Optional: Soak beans using your preferred method.)
Place beans in a large stew pot and cover with chicken broth. If needed, add fresh water so that mixture is a ratio of 1 part beans to 2 parts liquid.
Bring the beans to a rolling boil, then lower heat, and simmer for 1-2 hours, or until tender. Stir often, (so that beans don’t stick to bottom of pot) and add water as needed.
Brown the meat in a skillet. Remove meat and set aside. In the drippings in skillet, sauté onions, celery, parsley and bell pepper until tender. Add the garlic and saute for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add meat, sautéed vegetables, bay leaf and thyme to the beans. Water should cover all.
Continue to simmer for 1-3 hours, until beans are tender and creamy (continue to stir and avoid burning on bottom of pot).
To make creamier beans, remove 2 or 3 cups of beans from the pot, puree them with a mixer or blender, and return to pot. Add hot sauce, salt, pepper and/or Creole seasoning to taste.
Serve over rice.

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Hoppin’ John

Aimee Bussells — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:03:24 +0000

Ingredients:

1 pound Camellia Brand Blackeye Peas
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 large ripe tomato, seeded and chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups lightly salted water or chicken broth
2 large ham hocks
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 cups uncooked long-grain white rice
1 cup chopped green onions
Salt, pepper and/or hot sauce, to taste

Directions:

Rinse and sort peas. (Optional: Soak peas using your preferred method.)
Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions; sauté 5 minutes. Add tomato and garlic; sauté an additional 5 minutes.
Add water or broth, ham hocks, bay leaves and oregano; bring to a boil. Add blackeye peas; stir well. Return to a low boil; cover with lid, reduce heat to low, and simmer 1½ to 2 hours or until the peas are tender, stirring occasionally.
Remove ham hocks, pick meat from bones, chop and return to the pot; discard bones, skin and other unwanted items. Remove bay leaves and discard.
Add rice to pot, cover and simmer an additional 25 minutes or until the rice is tender. Add green onions; stir well. Adjust seasonings to taste.

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Paisa Pinto Beans (Frijoles Paisas)

Aimee Bussells — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:30:59 +0000

Ingredients:

3 cups dry Camellia Brand Pinto Beans
½ pound ham hocks
4 cups water
1 green plantain, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
1 cup shredded carrots
Salt to taste

Guiso (seasoning)

3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon chopped onions
1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped scallions
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

Directions:

Rinse and sort beans. (Optional: Soak beans using your preferred method.)
Place beans in a large pot and add water and ham hocks. Bring beans to a boil, cover pot and reduce heat. Allow beans to cook until almost tender, approximately 2 hours.
While beans are cooking, prepare the guiso. In a large skillet, heat vegetable oil over medium heat, add onions, tomatoes, scallions, salt, garlic, cilantro and ground cumin, and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
When beans are almost tender, add the guiso, plantains, carrots and salt. Cover and cook for another hour or until the beans are fully cooked.

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