Red beans & Rice -- Looks like Mardi Gras is coming

RED BEANS AND RICE - Pirates Pantry

1 lb. Red kidney Beans                      

1 meaty hambone

2 large onions, chopped                    

1 bell pepper, chopped

2 ribs Celery, chopped                       

2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped

Salt and Pepper to taste                     

Pinch of sugar

2 lbs. spicy sausage                            

1/4 cup Parsley, chopped

1 bay leaf (optional)

Soak beans overnight.  Rinse.  Cover with water and cook hambone, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic salt, pepper, sugar and bay leaf.  While beans are cooking. Fry sausage in skillet.  Drain, fry until crisp, and set aside.  Cook beans until fork tender; then add fried sausage.  Just before serving, remove bay leaf and add parsley.  This recipe can be put in the freezer.  Serve over cooked rice and cornbread

This is truly wonderful -- My Husband, served a Mission in the Gulf States, tried to get this for me.  

His first try was a wash out plate of beans with every hot pepper you could try.  

So, when I found this -- Hurray!     I make this once a year -- I cut it down quite a bit, because our kids have left us.  

Enjoy