Prep Time: 30 minutes or less | Cook Time: 2 - 3 hours | Serves: 4
Lunch » Pork » Soul

 Ingredients:

This is a combination of two Southern classics: red-eye gravy and red beans and rice. I have tried to stay true to the New Orleans style of red beans and rice, wherein creamy, savory beans are served over separately-prepared rice. This dish was my favorite of this submission, wonderfully rich with bits of crispy, blackened bacon and fresh bell pepper adding another level of texture to the experience.

- 4 strips of bacon
- 3 stalks of celery
- 3-4 cloves garlic
- 1 medium onion
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 can kidney beans
- 1 can red beans
- 1.5 cups brown rice
- freshly-brewed coffee 
  
 
 Step 1:

Chop bacon into roughly 1-cm strips and fry over medium heat in a deep frying pan or medium saucepan.