Drunken Red Beans and Rice

[deusinnomen]

Originally published at Kitchengeeks. You can comment here or there.

Last night for D&D, I made a variant of Red Beans and Rice we call “‘Drunken’ Red Beans and Rice.” It combines a classic recipe with an interesting twist: hydrating the beans with red wine instead of water. The red wine flavor comes out nicely in the beans after cooking.

Comments

[zentiger]

This is interesting! When I make red beans and rice, I use pickled pork, and Alton Brown's method where I don't have to presoak the beans. I'm totally going to steal this technique -- but in exchange, here's my pork-picklin' recipe