Red Beans And Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. smoked sausage
1 lb. dry red kidney beans
1 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
salt and pepper to taste
8 c. water

Preparation

In a large cooking
pot,
put
oil and soften the onion for 1 minute.
Wash
over beans.
Pour water into kettle, then beans, and cook over low
heat for at least one hour, or until beans begin to get soft.
(Pot should be covered.) Remove 2 or 3 tablespoons of beans
and
mash, then return them to pot and stir. Continue cooking
until
bean
gravy
becomes milky and thickened.
Cut sausage
into
pieces,
1 1/2-inches long, and add to beans
and
continue
cooking, covered, for 15 minutes. Never precook sausage.
This should be served over rice.