Vegetables 1 pound dried red kidney beans, preferably Camellia Brand, soaked and drained 5 cups water 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 pound smoked sausage, preferably Andouille, cut into 1/4-inch ...

Cook: Bring water to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook until all the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes for white rice, 30 minutes for brown rice. Never stir your rice.

Add rice, then reduce the heat to low for 20 minutes and cover the pot with a top. After 20 minutes, add your sausage to the pot then cover for an additional 5 minutes with no heat.

The first time I made red beans and rice for our then-foster son, 8 years old at the time, it was out of a sense of desperation. It was hard to get him to eat more than a few bites of anything ...

While the dish’s origins are murky, a common theory has emerged among scholars. After the Haitian Revolution ended in 1804, thousands of white and free people of color from Haiti sought refuge ...