Red Beans And Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dried red beans
3 qt. water
1 lb. cooked ham, diced
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 c. Worcestershire
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp. red pepper
1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 bay leaves

Preparation

Sort and wash beans.
Combine beans and water in large Dutch oven; bring to a boil.
Cover; reduce heat to medium and cook 40 minutes.
Add next 8 ingredients; cover.
Reduce heat and simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Mash most of beans against side of Dutch oven with back of a spoon; stir well.
Cover and bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-high and cook, uncovered an additional hour or until desired degree of doneness, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves.
Serve over hot cooked rice.