Easy Red Beans and Rice | WIC Works Resource System

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice
• 4 cups vegetable stock (divided; can also use water or chicken stock)
• 1 carrot (rinsed and chopped)
• 2 stalks of celery (rinsed and chopped)
• 1⁄2 green pepper (rinsed and chopped)
• 2 cloves garlic (peeled and chopped)
• 3 1⁄2 cups kidney beans (cooked from dry or 2 cans kidney beans, rinsed and drained)
• 1 tablespoon paprika (see note below)
• 2 bay leaves
• hot sauce (to taste, optional)
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• olive oil