Red Beans And Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb dried red beans
2 quarts water
1 meaty ham bone (or thickly sliced raw ham, cubed)
1 lb hot sausage
1 lb pork sausage (medium)
2 cups yellow onions, chopped
5 stalks celery, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 bunch green onion, chopped (including tops)
4 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
1 dash hot red pepper sauce, to taste
salt
pepper
cooked rice

Preparation

Soak beans as directed on package. Drain the beans and place in large stock pot. Cover with the 2 quarts water. Add ham bone and sausages, onions, green pepper and seasonings.
Cover, lower heat and simmer several hours.
Mash some of the cooked beans against the side of the pot to produce a thick creamy sauce.
Cook 2 more hours over low heat stirring occasionally.
Season with Red Pepper Sauce to taste.
Serve over cooked rice.
The bean mixture can be frozen either in single servings or family style for future use. I have frozen individual servings with rice and this works great. Adjust the heat levels with additional peppers or pepper sauce according to your tastes.