For our first dinner of the New Year I made red beans and rice. I adapted my recipe to use Carolina red peas rather than red beans on the theory that something like those may have been what were originally used in the dish.
My recipe is pretty simple. Cajum Holy Trinity (onions, celery, bell pepper), red beans, ham stock, Worchestershire sauce, dash of bitters, hot sauce, black pepper. I threw in some chopped ham to up the protein level a bit.
It was delicious.
