Red Beans and Rice for Recipe Friday

Driving home from work the other night I was thinking about what I was going to make it to dinner. I knew we were going to have leftover chicken drumsticks and pork chops that we’d made on the Traeger earlier in the week. But what to have with it?

Then an idea came to me: red beans and rice. I know you can buy rice mixes for red beans and rice, but I have discovered that rice mixes tend to have milk in them and the red beans tend to be dried and not very many of them.

So this is the recipe I came up with when I got home. It turned out pretty good and was a nice complement to the leftovers.

Red Beans and Rice

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups long grain white rice
1 tsp olive oil
2 ½ cups water
¼ cup chopped onion
1 can kidney beans
1 tsp dried chipotle pepper
1 tsp chili powder
¼ tsp garlic salt
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Rinse and drain beans. Put all ingredients in a 2 quart saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring once or twice. Taste test to see if it needs more salt and pepper. Enjoy!