Best Mama Ruths Red Rice Recipes

MRS WILKES SAVANNAH RED RICE

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Make and share this Mrs Wilkes Savannah Red Rice recipe from Food.com.

Provided by YungB

Categories Low Protein

Time 40m

Yield 1 casserole, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

4 slices lean bacon
2 medium onions, chopped
2 medium green bell- bell peppers, seeded and chopped
2 cups cooked long-grain rice
1 (16 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, juices included
1 cup tomato juice
salt and pepper
Tabasco sauce, to your taste

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
in a large skillet, fry the bacon over moderate heat till almost crisp and drain on paper towels, reserving grease in the skillet.
crumble bacon, add the onions and bell peppers to the skillet and cook, stirring, till slightly brown, about 10 minutes.
add the rice, tomatoes, plus the their juices, and tomatoe juice, salt and pepper, and tabasco sauce and cook,stirring,5 minutes longer.
scrape the mixture into a greases 2- quart casserole dish and bake, covered, till the rice is slightly dry about 30 minutes -- and serve with your main dish.

EMERIL'S NEW ORLEANS-STYLE RED BEANS AND RICE

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"Oh yeah, this is it!" - are the words my husband declared when he tried this recipe for red beans and rice. He was craving New Orleans-style red beans and rice and I had never made it before- so this is the recipe I searched for and tried and it was delicious!! The kids thought it was great too. I only made a few small changes to Emeril's, like adding more sausage than the recipe called for and letting a smoked ham hock cook with the beans for the first two hours..other than that everything is the same. This is not a quick meal, but great for a lazy day at home.

Provided by lisar

Categories Long Grain Rice

Time 3h20m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 bay leaves
1 smoked ham hock
12 ounces smoked sausage, cut cross-wise into 1/4 thick slices
1 lb dried red beans or 1 lb red kidney beans, rinsed, sorted, soaked overnight and drained
3 tablespoons garlic, chopped
10 cups water
steamed rice

Steps:

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over med-high heat. Sauté the onions, bell pepper, celery, salt, cayenne, black pepper and thyme for about 5 minutes. Add the bay leaves, ham and sausage and sauté for 5 to 6 minutes
Add the beans, garlic and 10 cups water to the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, and simmered uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 2 hours.
Add more water if the mixture becomes dry and thick.
After about 2 hours of initial cooking use a wooden spoon to mash about half of the mixture against the side of pot.
Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for about another hour or until the mixture is creamy and the beans are soft.
Add more water if it becomes too thick. The mixture should be soupy but not watery.
Remove the bay leaves and serve with steamed rice.

MAMA'S RED BEANS & RICE

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Down home delicious! My family doesn't like things too hot, but does enjoy a bit of spice. They also like a hearty meal with meat, meat, and more meat. Without the additional ham in red beans and rice, my family always was less than excited for this meal. When I learned to add the ham to it, they now clamor for Mama's Red Beans and Rice!

Provided by NewNerdMom

Categories One Dish Meal

Time 4h30m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 24

Ingredients

1 lb dried kidney beans
2 cups water (more accurately, enough to cover plus 1-2 inches)
2 tablespoons fat (for frying, I prefer to render ham fat or bacon fat for this dish)
1 lb andouille sausage, cut into bite size medallions
3 carrots, diced
3 celery ribs, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 smoked ham hocks
1 meaty ham bone
8 cups water (more or less, cover the ham hocks, bones, and veggies)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 teaspoons paprika (or 1 teaspoon paprika and 1 teaspoon smoked paprika)
2 bay leaves
salt and pepper
3 -4 cups cooked rice
red pepper hot sauce

Steps:

Speed soak kidney beans by covering with water and bringing to rolling boil for 2-5 minutes. Cover, remove from heat, and let sit for an hour.
Render fat from bacon or ham to coat bottom of dutch oven OR use about 2 Tabelspoons oil to brown andouille sausage.
Once sausage is browned, remove from pan and set aside.
In fat left over from sausage, saute onions, celery, carrots, and bell pepper until translucent and beginning to brown scraping up the fond from the sausage.
Add the garlic and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes. DO NOT let the garlic burn!
Add ham hocks and ham bone to the pot and cover with water.
Bring to boil and simmer, covered, for 2 hours.
Mix together in small bowl salt, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper, oregano, thyme, and paprika; set aside.
Once ham is falling off the bone and ham hocks are beginning to fall apart, remove about 2 cups of water/stock from the pot.
Remove the bones and return the meat to the pot.
Drain what liquid is left from the beans and dump beans into the ham and stock mixture.
Dump browned andouille sausage into ham, bean, and stock mixture.
Add spice mixture and bay leaves to the pot and mix in well.
Cover and simmer for 1-2 hours.
While simmering the beans, cook your favorite rice. You'll need at least 3-4 cups. My family really likes rice so I usually double that.
Remove the bay leaves and any bone or skin pieces from ham hock.
When ready to eat, if there still seems to be too much liquid on the beans, just ladle the excess liquid off. (I find that some days are just more humid and there's a lot of liquid, and some days there's hardly any.).
Serve meaty bean mixture over the top of hot rice.
If desired, use some good hot sauce on top. Enjoy!