Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2012

These are pretty good but could use a bit more spice. I used some shredded pork for the meat & made a pot of red beans, which were well seasoned. When you puree them in the food processor they resemble refried beans. I wasn't thrilled about adding lard to the whole batch so I pureed the beans as instructed and then just melted a bit of lard in a pan and refried a small portion. The rest I heated in a sauce pan. I don't think the lard added enough flavor to warrant the extra calories. With the plain rice this was pretty bland. I ended up stirring it all together, adding salsa and making bean and cheese burritos. The kids loved those.

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Baking Nana

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Corona, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2007

This is very good, my son says better than Popeye's. I used dried red beans so the ham hock would cook throughly and left out the lard because my husband has heart disease

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Lou Sang

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Home Town: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2007

Followed the recipe w/o ham and used a lean pork which was shredded. Turned out amazing. Thanks for the idea.

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Jerry

Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2007

This is terrific! If you like New Orleans red beans & rice, you'll love this. I couldn't bring myself to include the lard so just omitted it but I followed the rest of recipe and my family loved it.

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Debbie

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2006

Excellent. A friend visited me from Panama many years ago, and she gave me this recipe, almost to a T.I loved i then and I love it now...Thanks.

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Rhonda Brock Fuller

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Living In: Empire, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 16, 2004

it needs to be more prompt w the directions

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SASSYVIENNA

Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2004

This was very good, especially for someone like me who's not a meat eater and needs to find alternative protein sources. I didn't have any lard on hand so I used olive oil. Thanks Jackie!

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LINDA MCLEAN

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Living In: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2002

Excellent all in all. Always good to see people who aren't afraid of good ol' fashioned lard. I read another review claiming this recipe was too salty. Probably because it uses canned beans. I use the dried. Furthermore, sea salt instead of the usual stuff has a milder flavour and lacks the bitterness of table salt. I played around with the recipe and added some beef scraps I had from making my beef shortening, it was a nice touch.

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TORYCHEF

Reviewed: Jul. 31, 2002

Definately good but a little salty so I made these changes: In step 1, I used two cans of undrained beans and 1 1/2 cups of water with a ham hock. I omitted the salt altogether and substituted the lard with olive oil. I did not blend the last can of beans, I drained two cans into mixture and heated. It was absolutely delicious!!!

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