Red Beans and Rice

Ingredients

1 pound dry red kidney beans
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
12 ounces andouille sausage, diced
1 cup finely diced onion
3/4 cup chopped celery
3/4 cup poblano peppers
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 quarts chicken broth, or more as needed
1 smoked ham hock
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
hot sauce to taste
4 cups cooked white rice
2 tablespoons chopped green onion, or to taste


Directions

Place beans in a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight.
Drain and rinse.
Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir sausage in hot oil until oils slightly release
from sausage and edges brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir onion, celery, and poblano pepper into sausage; cook
and stir until vegetables soften and start to turn translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir garlic into sausage mixture;
cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Stir chicken broth, ham hock, bay leaves, black pepper, thyme, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce into sausage
mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for 1 1/2 hours. Add salt
and continue simmering until beans are soft, meat is tender, and desired consistency is reached, 1 1/2 to 2
hours more. Season with salt.
Spoon rice into bowls, ladle red beans mixture over rice, and top with green onion.