New Orleans Red Beans

120 min · Serves 8

From USDA MyPlate Kitchen. Stay Young at Heart: Cooking the Heart-Healthy Way US Department of Health and Human Services National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

What goes in

• 1 lbred beans
• 8 cupswater
• 1½ cupsonions
• 1 cupcelery
• 4bay leaves
• 1 cupgreen peppers
• 44.4 mlgarlic
• 44.4 mlparsley
• 9.9 mlthyme
• 4.9 mlsalt
• 4.9 mlground black pepper

How to cook it

1. Wash hands with soap and water.
2. Pick through beans to remove bad beans; rinse thoroughly.
3. In a large pot combine beans, water, onion, celery, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and cook over low heat for about 1-1/2 hours until beans are tender. Stir. Mash beans against side of pan.
4. Add green pepper, garlic, parsley, thyme, salt, and black pepper. Cook, uncovered, over low heat until creamy (about 30 minutes). Remove bay leaves.
5. Serve with hot cooked brown rice, if desired.

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