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     Title: Vegan Slow Cooker Red Beans & Rice
Categories: Beans, Rice, Vegetables, Chilies, Herbs
     Yield: 6 servings

   1/4 c  Oil
     1 lg Yellow onion; fine chopped
          Salt & black pepper
     3    Celery ribs; fine chopped
     1 lg Bell pepper; fine chopped
    10 cl Garlic; fine chopped
     1 tb White or yellow miso paste;
          - heaping
     2 ts Smoked paprika
     1 ts Sweet paprika
     1 ts Onion powder
     1 ts Garlic powder
     1 ts Ground cayenne; more to
          - taste
   1/2 ts Ground sage (optional)
     1 lb Dried red kidney beans;
          - soaked overnight
     3    Dried bay leaves
     3    Fresh thyme sprigs -OR-
     1 ts Dried thyme
     1 ts Soy sauce
          Cooked rice; to serve
          Sliced scallions; to serve
          Louisiana-style hot sauce;
          - to serve

 Heat the oil in a large (12") skillet over medium. Add the onion,
 season with salt, and cook, stirring, until the onion is limp and
 translucent, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the celery and bell pepper and
 cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5 to 8 minutes. Add
 the chopped garlic, miso paste, smoked paprika, sweet paprika,
 onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne, and sage, if using. Grind in
 a generous amount of black pepper and add 3/4 ts salt. Stir to
 combine until the miso has dissolved, then remove from the heat and
 scrape the mixture into a 6- to 8-qt slow cooker. Add the beans,
 bay leaves, thyme, and 6 cups water. Cook on high until the beans
 are very tender and creamy, about 7 hours. (See Tip.)

 Before serving, add the soy sauce, and season to taste with salt
 and cayenne. Using a fork or the back of a spoon, mash some of the
 beans against the side of the slow cooker to make the mixture
 slightly creamy. (It will continue to thicken as it sits.) Discard
 the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Top the beans with hot cooked rice
 and scallions; serve with hot sauce.

 Recipe by Sarah DiGregorio

 RECIPE FROM: https://cooking.nytimes.com

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