Popeyes Red Beans Rice Recipe 385 Recipes

POPEYE'S RED BEANS AND RICE RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook the rice and set it aside.
• Add the cans of beans, including the juice, and the water to a saucepan.
• Heat the beans on a simmer for 20 minutes or until they start to thicken up a bit. The beans are ready when the liquid is reduced by half.
• Stir in all of the seasonings.
• Use a potato masher and slightly mash the beans. Don't over mash them. You want to break them up a bit.
• Serve the beans over the rice.
• Enjoy!

COPYCAT POPEYES RED BEANS AND RICE RECIPE

Steps:

• Set Instant Pot to sauté and add bacon. Cook until the bacon is crisp, and then remove from pot.
• Add onion to the pot and cook until the onions begin to soften, scraping the bottom to incorporate the fond.
• While the onions are cooking, rinse the beans and remove any bad beans or stones.
• Add the garlic, liquid smoke, and cajun seasoning to the pot. Stir.
• Add the beans, broth, and bacon to the pot, and then set on high pressure for 1 hour.
• After the beans have cooked, allow the Instant Pot to naturally release for 15 minutes, and then quick release.
• Drain off excess water, reserving a ½ cup.
• Use an immersion blender or potato masher to mash about half the beans. Stir.
• Add beans to the rice, and garnish with fresh parsley or green onions if desired.

POPEYE'S RED BEANS N RICE CLONE

Steps:

• Cook oil, pork, onion, and green pepper over low-med heat until meat is translucent & fat is rendered. Don't brown or overcook meat.
• Put meat mixture (incl. all the fat & oil) in food processor with a little water and about 25 beans and mix until blended & smooth. Place back in cooking pot.
• Mix or pulse remaining beans in food processor with enough water until it has consistency of salsa. Add to cooking pot.
• Add remaining ingredients to cooking pot (spices, liquid smoke, sugar) and enough water to make a loose, soupy mixture (the beans will thicken the mixture as it cooks).
• Cook over low-med heat for 10 minutes, stirring, and adding water as necessary to end up with the consistency of thick gravy. Serve over quality white rice.

POPEYE'S RED BEANS AND RICE II

Steps:

• Melt pork fat. Combine 1/4 cup pork fat with one 15-ounce can red beans plus liquid in a medium saucepan. Add 1/2 cup water, brown sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt, garlic powder, and onion powder. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Use a potato masher to smash beans into a paste-like consistency. Add entire contents of remaining can of beans to the mixture and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
• Prepare rice for 4 servings. For Uncle Ben's converted rice you bring 2 1/4 cups water to a boil. Add 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add 1 cup of rice, reduce heat to low and simmer rice for 20 minutes or until tender.
• To prepare each serving scoop 1 cup of beans into a bowl. Add 1 cup of rice on top of the beans and serve.
• ****If you can't find pork lard -- Buy 2 pounds of smoked ham hocks and render the fat from the smoked ham hocks. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and place the ham hocks in a deep pan. Cover pan with foil and bake for 4 to 5 hours or until 1/4 cup of fat has rendered from the hocks.