Red Beans And Rice

Ingredients:

1 pound red beans, dry
8 cups water
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
4 bay leaves
3 Tablespoons chopped garlic
3 Tablespoons chopped parsley
2 teaspoons crushed, dried thyme
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup chopped green pepper

Instructions:

Rinse and sort beans before mixing them in a five quart capacity pot with the bay leaves, celery, onion and water, bringing everything to boil before reducing the heat, covering the pot and then cooking for around 90 minutes until the be`ns are tender. Once they are tender, you can stir and mash them in the pan before adding the remaining ingredients and then uncovering the pot. Cook everything in this manner until the mixture is creamy, before removing the leaves from the mixture and then serving everything over rice.