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Creamy and Delicious! It’s Mardi Gras, time for red beans and rice
Photo by Marielle Songy
Red beans and rice have long been lauded as a New Orleans food staple. Maybe it’s for its simplicity first and foremost, you have to soak some beans (or don’t, if that’s your thing), then you add your own special magic, and pair it with rice.
While red beans and rice is one of those dishes that’s quintessential New Orleans, it seems like no two recipes are quite exactly the same. Sure, the basics are there, but it’s what you put into it whether it’s the holy trinity, sausage, or another tasty addition all together, that makes that pot of red beans and rice yours.