Directions:

1. Place a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven over medium. Add bacon and olive oil, and cook, stirring often, until fat drippings are rendered, 3 to 5 minutes. Add onion, bell pepper, and celery, and cook, stirring often, until onion is translucent but not too broken down, 3 to 5 minutes. Add bay leaf, paprika, and hot sauce.
2. Drain, rinse, and sort soaked red beans; add beans and ham hock to pot. Pour in chicken stock, covering beans. Increase heat to high, and bring mixture to a boil, skimming off and discarding foam from surface. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until beans are tender, 3 to 4 hours. Remove ham hock about the last hour of cooking, and cut meat from bone. Chop ham meat, and add to beans, stirring to further break beans apart. (Check beans periodically to ensure they aren’t boiling and sticking to the bottom of the pot.)
3. Remove and discard bay leaf. Stir in salt, sugar, and, if desired, more hot sauce just before serving. Serve beans over Emily’s Rice. Garnish with scallions, if desired.
4. For Emily’s Rice: Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high. Add onion, butter, bay leaf, and salt, and cook, stirring often, until onions are soft and translucent, about 6 minutes.
5. Add rice, and stir well. Stir in chicken broth, and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook 15 minutes.
6. Remove pan from heat, and let stand 5 minutes covered. Fluff rice with a fork.

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Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 pound medium-sized raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• Creole or Cajun seasoning to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup uncooked Jasmine rice
• 1/4 cup minced green onions
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 cups cooked Camellia Brand Black Beans, room temperature
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, plus extra for garnish
• Sliced scallions for garnish

Directions:

1. Heat large skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil, and heat until oil shimmers. Add shrimp and minced garlic to skillet. Add Creole or Cajun seasoning to taste and red pepper flakes. Cook shrimp, stirring once or twice, until they are just pink, about 4 minutes. Pour the contents of the skillet into a bowl, and set aside.
2. Set the same skillet over high heat. Add broth, water, rice, more Creole or Cajun Seasoning to taste, and minced scallions. Bring to a boil, and stir to blend. Reduce heat to low, and cover. Cook until rice is tender but not sticky, about 20 minutes.
3. Remove skillet from heat. Mix in 2 tablespoons lime juice, cooked black beans, and chopped cilantro. Gently combine the shrimp mixture with the rice mixture. Add remaining tablespoon of lime juice, and stir gently to combine. Gently reheat or serve at room temperature.To serve, garnish with sliced scallions and additional chopped cilantro.

*Note: Learn how to cook beans in advance, for use in recipes.

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups cooked Camellia Brand Field Peas
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup raw jasmine or basmati rice
• 1 sprig fresh thyme

Directions:

1. Rinse, sort, and cook peas.
2. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pepper and garlic and cook until translucent.
3. Add the field peas, stirring to combine.
4. Add 2 1/2 cups water, the salt and the pepper and bring to a boil. 
5. Add the rice and the sprig of thyme; stir once.
6. Bring back to a boil, cover and reduce heat. Simmer for 20 minutes, then remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for an additional 10 minutes.
7. Uncover, add salt and pepper to taste.
8. Fluff with a fork and serve.

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