Red Beans and Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 ham bone with ham cut off in pieces, or some diced ham, or ham hocks
• 1 package (14 ounces) Hillshire Farms Beef Sausage
• 1 pound dried small red beans (store brands were all that I could find)
• 2 tablespoon oil, or bacon grease
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 large stalk celery, diced
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon, or more of cayenne pepper
• fresh ground pepper to taste
• salt if needed (you'll get lots of salt from the meat)
• 2 quarts, or more water
• cooked rice
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