Black Beans And Rice

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs dried black turtle beans
• 1 large bell pepper, diced
• 1 hot pepper (optional)
• tabasco sauce (optional)
• 4 onions, diced
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3/4 cup celery, diced
• 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
• 2 tablespoons oregano, chopped
• 2 tablespoons basil, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 pinch clove, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin, ground
• 4 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 lb lean bulk lamb sausage
• 1 lb lamb, boneless cubed
• 1 lb stew beef chunk
• 1/2 lb ham, smoked (1/2
• 1 1/2 lbs smoked link sausage, cut into 1" to 2" lengths
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons vinegar

Recipe

• 1 beans: wash and look for gravel then soak overnight in a bowl being sure beans are well covered with water.
• 2 for cooking use a large crock pot. meats: first, brown bulk sausage in a skillet and pour off excess grease. add other meats and stir to brown.
• 3 add bell pepper, onion, garlic, celery, and spice s.
• 4 salt and pepper moderately, taste after cooking several hours and add more if needed.
• 5 add beans and soak water.
• 6 if necessary add more water to cover entire ingredients by at least two inches.
• 7 stir in four bouillon cubes.
• 8 cover and cook on crock pot high for three hours then turn to low for at least six hours.
• 9 if you enjoy hot and spicy foods add the hot pepper (jalapeno, habanero or whatever you like) and tabasco.
• 10 if you don't like it hot, then leave them out or serve the tabasco at the table. serve beans and meat over rice. i have found brown rice to be quite tasty but rice is fine too.
• 11 serve in a soup bowl and top with fresh chopped onion.