Photo: Creole-Style White Beans and Andouille Sausage over Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 ham hock, skinned and scored
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 pound dried white navy, cannellini, or great Northern beans, rinsed and sorted over, soaked overnight and drained*
- 8 to 10 cups chicken stock or water
- Salt
- Cayenne pepper, to taste
- 1 pound andouille or other smoked pork sausage, cut into 2-inch lengths
- Cooked white rice, for serving
- Louisiana red hot sauce, for serving
Directions
Heat the oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium high heat. Add the ham hock, onions, celery, and bell pepper and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the bay leaves, thyme, and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the beans and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat so that the beans just simmer and cook, uncovered and stirring occasionally, until the skin on the beans is tender and the beans begin to soften, about 2 hours. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the sausage and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the beans are soft and creamy, about 1 hour longer*. (If desired, the ham hock can be removed at this point and either discarded or, when cool enough to handle, the meat can be removed from the bone and returned to the beans and the bone and skin discarded.) Remove the bay leaves and thyme sprigs and serve the beans and sausage over hot white rice.
Pass the hot sauce at the table for guests to use at their own discretion.
*The cooking time for dried beans can vary greatly depending on the type of bean as well as the freshness. Salt should not be added until after the skins on the beans soften.
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By kbniteowl_5837641
grapevine, TX
on January 16, 2013
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This is exactly how me, my mother and my grandmother cook(ed our red kidneys. As Emeril's recipe suggested, cooking times varies, pot to pot. As the cooking water is absorbed, lower the heat - you do not want to cook them at a full boil. ***IF you can find CAMELLIA brand beans, they produce a far superior end result with an extremely creamy liquor and bean texture.
By jstaggs2
Lancaster, 43
on August 19, 2012
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I had planned on making a white chili in my crockpot but it would have been too late to make it. I didn't want to waste my beans that I had soaked overnight when I stumbled onto this recipe. I didn't have any sausage nor a ham hock to add, but I did use ham steak and stewed it with all the other items for several hours. I also added 1 tbsp of Emerils creole seasoning. At this moment my huband is licking the bowl and asking when I will make this recipe again. If it was this good not having all the regular ingredients I can only imagine how good it would be with the right ones.
By PHealey
Tool, TX
on December 08, 2011
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I used red beans instead (was looking for a RB&R recipe when I saw this, and about double the andouille (can't have too much. Was better than expected and easier than the typical RB&R recipe. Will try white beans next time, but can't imagine it will matter much.
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