Black Beans And Rice Recipe

• 1 pound dry black beans
• 4 c. water
• 3 cloves peeled, crushed garlic
• 1 med. cored, seeded, minced green pepper
• 1 med. peeled and minced yellow onion
• 1/4 pound minced salt pork
• 1 pound smoked ham hocks, cut into 1 1/2-inch pcs
• 2 teaspoon paprika
• 3 teaspoon cumin
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 c. chicken stock or possibly broth
• 1/4 teaspoon chili pwdr
• 1 tbsp. red wine vinegar
• Salt and pepper

1. Wash beans and place in 6-qt stove top casserole with 4 c. water.
2. Cover and boil 2 min, then shut off heat and let set 1 hour.
3. Add in remaining ingredients, except vinegar, salt and pepper.
4. Simmer till tender (2 hrs).
5. When done cooking, debone hocks, chop meat, and return to pot.
6. (I completely remove salt pork to avoid extra fat pcs.)
7. Add in vinegar, salt and pepper.
8. Bring to simmer again.
9. Serve with rice (approximately 2 parts rice to 1 part beans).
10. This also makes delicious black bean soup when additional chicken stock is added to thin.

black beans, water, garlic, green pepper, yellow onion, salt pork, ham hocks, paprika, cumin, bay leaves, chicken stock, chili pwdr, red wine vinegar, salt

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/black-beans-and-rice-48789 (may not work)