My good friend Kara is in Town from New Orleans and she was kind enough to show me how to make some traditional New Orleans red beans and rice.\r
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Recipe:\r
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- 4 cups dried red beans (soak the beans in water according to the direction on the bag) \r
- white rice\r
- 1 bell pepper\r
- two white onions\r
- 4 celery stalks\r
- sausage or tofurkey \r
- 2 ts. dried oregeno leaves\r
- 2 ts. garlic powder\r
- 2 ts. thyme\r
- 2 ts. salt\r
- 1 ts. white pepper\r
- 1 ts. black pepper\r
- 1 ts. cayenne pepper\r
- canola oil\r
- 4 cloves garlic