Ingredients:
- 1 (1-pound) package Camellia Brand Red Kidney Beans
- water
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 pound smoked ham hock
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 stick butter
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Cajun seasoning to taste
- Hot cooked rice
- Louisiana hot sauce
- French bread and butter
Directions:
- Pick through beans and remove any rocks. Wash beans and cover with water by a good three inches.
- Let soak overnight, adding more water to keep the beans covered. (Or choose your preferred soaking method.)
- Rinse, change to fresh water, and stir in onion, bell pepper, ham hock and garlic.
- Cook on slow fire, in a heavy bottomed pot, until done (about 2 hours).
- Add salt, pepper, seasoning and butter and cook 5 minutes.
- Serve over rice with Louisiana hot sauce, French bread and butter.
Recipe based on Buster’s original Red Beans recipe found in The Buster Holmes Restaurant Cookbook: New Orleans Handmade Cookin’ from Pelican Press. Used with permission of the publisher, Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. Photo courtesy of Philip M. Denman