Evoyn'S Red Beans And Rice

• 1 lb. dry red beans
• 2 ham hocks
• 2 onions (whole)
• 3 ribs celery
• 1/2 green bell pepper, seeded
• salt to taste

1. Pick beans and cover with water. Soak overnight.
2. Drain beans. Place
3. intoup pot with ham hocks, onions, celery and bell pepper.
4. Cover
5. with
6. coldtater.tover
7. pot
8. and bring beans to a
9. boil.
10. Then turn down heat to a simmer.tet beans simmer 2 1/2 to
11. 3
12. hours over low heat, adding more water if necessary, to keep
13. beans
14. from
15. sticking.
16. Remove ham hocks, onions, celery and
17. bell peppers.temove some beans from the pot and mash
18. them. Return mashed beans to pot and stir.
19. (If more beans
20. need
21. to be mashed to achieve desired consistency, do so.) Serve hot over cooked rice.
22. Serves 8.

red beans, ham hocks, onions, celery, green bell pepper, salt

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=548064 (may not work)