Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, red beans with ham. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

After an hour you just drain off the soak-water, add fresh water and the ham bone and get it cooking again until the beans are tender. Red Beans and Ham…an old family favorite. If you don't have a ham bone handy a smoked ham shank will give off a lot of flavors. And of course, if you don't have a bone then just toss in chunks of ham meat.

Red beans with ham is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Red beans with ham is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have red beans with ham using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Red beans with ham:

1. Get 1 leftover ham on bone with about 1 pound of meat left on it
2. Prepare 1 handful of garlic cloves (about 5-7)
3. Make ready 1 medium white onion cut in sixths
4. Make ready 1/2 tbsp course ground black pepper
5. Prepare 1 juice from cooking ham
6. Make ready 1 lb beans (I used light red kidney beans)
7. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp Zatarain's Creole seasoning
8. Get 1 enough water to cover ham halfway
9. Get 2 cup water (may need to add more)
10. Make ready 1/2 can rotel

The beans are served over rice with browned smoked sausage, or add the sliced and browned smoked sausage to the beans. Andouille sausage is an excellent choice. Set aside until cool enough to crumble for garnish. Melt the butter in a dutch oven or very large saucepan and cook the onion, garlic, celery and carrot, covered, until softened.

Steps to make Red beans with ham:

1. In a crock pot put pepper garlic onion then put Ham on top
2. Add the juice from cooking the Ham and enough water to come halfway up the ham cook on low over night
3. In the morning add the beans (make sure to look through them) Zatarain's Creole seasoning ½ can rotel and 2 cups water
4. Cook on low all day. When you get home or at some point during the day check the liquid level. Add more if necessary.
5. Eat over rice with some corn bread.

Set aside until cool enough to crumble for garnish. Melt the butter in a dutch oven or very large saucepan and cook the onion, garlic, celery and carrot, covered, until softened. Add the beans, ham, ham bone, water, worcestershire sauce, parsley, thyme, bay leaves, lemon juice, pepper flakes, and salt and pepper to taste. Once water begins to boil turn heat down to low, add remaining ingredients consisting of onions, garlic, green pepper pod, and bay leaf then allow to ham hock and red beans to simmer. Before serving remove ham hocks and beans from pot.

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