Red Eye Beans and Rice ( Soul Recipes)

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Prep Time: 30 minutes or less | Cook Time: 2 - 3 hours | Serves: 4


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Ingredients:

This is a combination of two Southern classics: red-eye gravy and red beans and rice. I have tried to stay true to the New Orleans style of red beans and rice, wherein creamy, savory beans are served over separately-prepared rice. This dish was my favorite of this submission, wonderfully rich with bits of crispy, blackened bacon and fresh bell pepper adding another level of texture to the experience.

- 4 strips of bacon
- 3 stalks of celery
- 3-4 cloves garlic
- 1 medium onion
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 can kidney beans
- 1 can red beans
- 1.5 cups brown rice
- freshly-brewed coffee

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Step 1:

Chop bacon into roughly 1-cm strips and fry over medium heat in a deep frying pan or medium saucepan.

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Step 2:

While the bacon starts to heat up, finely dice the celery.

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Step 3:




Red Eye Beans and Rice recipe picture 4Give the onion a medium-fine chop and the garlic a crush/fine chop.

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Step 4:

When the bacon is just starting to release all its wonderful, glorious pig grease into the pan, but before it starts to brown significantly, it should look something like this: