POPEYES RED BEANS AND RICE RECIPE
Creamy, smoky red beans that taste like the restaurant original.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup yellow onion chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh garlic minced
- 2 small cans red kidney beans rinsed
- 1 cup water
- 3 tbsp bacon fat
- 1 tbsp liquid smoke
- Spice blend see recipe notes in video
- Cooked white rice for serving
Instructions
- Chop the onion and mince the garlic.
- Rinse the kidney beans.
- Blend half the beans with 1 cup of water.
- Heat the bacon fat and cook the onion and garlic until tender.
- Add the whole beans and the puree.
- Stir in the spices and liquid smoke.
- Simmer on low for 20 minutes.
- Serve over hot white rice.
Video
Notes
- Butter can replace bacon fat, with less smoky flavor.
- Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days.
- Taste and adjust the salt before serving.