Recipe information
Ingredients for - Aaron's Amazing Simple Beans
1. Dried red kidney beans, rinsed - 1 pound
3. Moroccan-style preserved lemon, or to taste - 1
6. Small red chile pepper, halved lengthwise - 1
How to cook deliciously - Aaron's Amazing Simple Beans
1. Stage
Place kidney beans into a large container and cover with about 1 quart water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain.
2. Stage
Combine beans, 1 quart water, preserved lemon, sugar, black pepper, red chile pepper, bay leaf, garlic powder, and anise seed in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover stockpot, and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Stage
Remove lemon, bay leaf, and red chile pepper from bean mixture. Mash about 10% of the beans against the sides of the stockpot using the back of a spoon. Cover stockpot and simmer for 45 minutes more.
4. Stage
Remove cover from stockpot and simmer beans until beans are thickened and water is evaporated, about 15 minutes more.
