Entertaining Cajun Style!

It’s Friday and that means my hubby will be glued to the tube watching football all weekend. So, I thought I would assign him a task or two. One thing that he seems to be good at and enjoys doing is cooking. He loves to whip up red beans & rice--his way! This is because he’s too lazy to get the cookbook out. I will say he has been doing it for sometime now and does a good job for being a absent-minded professor. I’ll admit they're pretty good, or I would not share the recipe with you.

Following are Michael’s version of red beans and rice. Greatly, greatly influenced from the great culinary master himself ( Paul Prudhomme).

• Dis takes you awl day so plan ahead


• Get you a 1 lb bag of red kidney beans, soak 'em in a bowl overnight in some salt water.


• Boil 8 cups of water and a tablespoon of salt, and a hambone wit a bunch a ham on it


• Reduce heat to low, add a bunch of finely chopped vegetables


• 1 cup celery, 1 cup onion, 1/2 cup carrots or green peppers


• Boil 20 minutes, turn back down to low


• Add a bunch of spices


• 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp white pepper, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp basil, pinch of paprika, an 2 bay leaves


• Boil it up again, fo 20 minutes, den turn it down,


• Simmer fo an hour


• Strain dem beans an put 'em right in dere


• Boil it up fo 20 minutes, den turn it back down an simmer fo 2 hours


• Add in a bunch a ham, or some good andouille sausage, at least a pound.


• Boil it up, turn it down


• Put it over de rice you made dis mornin


• I always double everything, enjoy it good!!

Hubby

Picture courtesy of British Home & Gardens

Have a great weekend!