Red beans and rice

Beans, red kidney,3/4 cup dry
Chicken Broth,2 1/2 cup
Peppers, sweet, red, fresh, 1/2 cup, chopped
Onions, raw, 1/4 cup, chopped
Jalapeno Peppers, .13 pepper
White Rice, long grain, cooked, 1 cup
Canola Oil, 1 tbsp
Bacon, 3 medium slices, cooked and chopped
Pepper, red or cayenne, 1/8 tsp.
Salt, 1 dash
Pepper, black, 1 dash

Rapid soak method goes as follows: Place washed beans in a pan of water covering up to 2 to 3 inches above the beans. Place on stove and turn on high. As soon as they start to look like their going to boil then remove from the heat and cover and let set for one hour. Then their ready to finish cooking in the broth.

soak beans either over night, or rapid soak method. Pour soaking water off beans and add the chicken broth to the beans and cook on simmer until the beans are tender. While the beans are cooking saute the veggies in a pan with the oil un til tender, add these to the beans as well as the spices. When beans are done add the rice and bacon and stirr in to mix. this is aprox 3 one cup servings.

Serving Size: 3 one cup servings

Number of Servings: 3

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PLWHITMORE1.