Copycat Popeye’s Pink Beans And Rice

Convey a bit Louisiana dwelling with this Copycat Popeye Pink Beans and Rice recipe. Creamy, smoky pink beans are topped with fluffy white rice to make this easy and scrumptious aspect dish or fundamental dish that may be made in about half-hour.

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This straightforward Popeye's Pink Beans and Rice recipe is certainly one of my favourite copycat recipes to make at dwelling. These flavor-packed beans are so easy to make and make an exquisite heat, hearty dish. We wish to serve it with cornbread for a hearty meal.

Is there meat in Popeye's Pink Beans and Rice?

Popeye's authentic pink beans recipe doesn’t comprise meat. It accommodates bacon fats, so it’s not thought-about vegetarian. This copycat recipe makes use of chopped bacon to make bacon grease, however be happy to make use of any leftover grease you could have.

If you wish to substitute the bacon grease with a vegetarian model, use olive oil or vegetable oil.

Crucial Substances

Pink beans – I like to make use of canned kidney beans as an alternative of dried beans as a result of it's a bit faster. Ensure you get kidney beans and never kidney beans. Kidney beans are smaller and a bit softer than kidney beans.

2 15-ounce cans of beans are used for this recipe. You'll use the entire can, so no have to rinse.

Bacon – Used for pork fats. For a vegetarian model, substitute the bacon grease with 3 tablespoons of olive oil.

Onion powder

Garlic salt

Creole seasoning – Use your favourite Creole or Cajun seasoning mix. It’s also possible to substitute it with 1/2 tablespoon of sizzling sauce.

Liquid smoke – Liquid smoke will provide you with that scrumptious smoky taste. It’s normally discovered within the condiments part of the grocery retailer. It's sturdy, so that you'll solely want 1/4 teaspoon of liquid smoke.

Rice – Use your favourite white rice.

How you can Make Popeyes Pink Beans and Rice

1. Rice: Begin by cooking the rice. Comply with the directions on the rice bundle. You possibly can add a tablespoon of butter whereas cooking for a bit further taste.
2. Beans: Begin by including chopped bacon to a big, deep skillet or saucepan. Prepare dinner till it begins to brown. ***At this level you possibly can depart the bacon in or take away the bacon bits relying on how you want your beans. Be sure to depart the bacon grease within the pan.
3. Stir within the two cans of pink beans. Use a potato masher to mash a number of the beans. You possibly can depart some beans complete.
4. Stir water, onion powder, garlic salt, Creole seasoning and liquid smoke into bean combination.
5. Simmer over medium-low warmth for about quarter-hour or till the beans start to melt. Remember to stir usually.
6. Serve the beans in a bowl, then place a scoop of cooked rice on prime of the bean combination.

How you can retailer

Let the rice and beans cool fully. I’d suggest storing the beans and rice in separate hermetic containers within the fridge.

Reheat within the microwave or on the stovetop till heated via. You might want so as to add a bit water if the combination is simply too thick.

Pink beans and rice may also be frozen for as much as 3 months in a freezer-safe container.

Recipe Ideas

• Rice takes about the identical time to cook dinner as beans, so begin the rice earlier than cooking the beans.
• Mashing a number of the kidney beans helps thicken the combination and make it creamy. You possibly can mash them proper within the pan, however attempt to depart some.
• The Popeye model doesn’t comprise meat so be happy to take away the chopped bacon. Simply make sure that to depart the fats within the pan.
• If you wish to add a bit further warmth, add a number of splashes of sizzling sauce or 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
• Some recipes use ham hocks so as to add a smoky taste.
• Be happy to make use of your favourite rice. You possibly can even use brown rice or cauliflower rice. Merely cook dinner in line with bundle instructions.

How you can serve

This recipe is hearty sufficient to function a fundamental dish however may also be used as the proper aspect dish.

Attempt serving it with fried rooster, pork chops, cornbread, French bread, collard greens, salad and extra.

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