Red beans and rice Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 medium green bell peppers, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 350g pickled pork, cut into 2-cm pieces, recipe follows
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2L water
• 500g red kidney beans, rinsed and picked of debris
• 750ml water
• 1 1/2 tablelspoons unsaltd butter
• 400g long-grain rice
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
• 500ml water
• 250ml apple cider vinegar
• 75g salt
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard seed
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• 250ml ice
• 750g fresh boneless pork butt, cut into 4-cm cubes