Red Stick Spice Company

Bay Leaves - Whole Hand Selected

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$1.32 $2 In stock

Category: Spices

If you're cooking a pot of red beans, there better be a bay leaf in there!

Bay Leaves (Laurus nobilis) are the leaves from the Bay Laurel Tree commonly found in the Mediterranean region. Bay Leaves add a tangy, earthy flavor to long-simmering dishes like gumbo, etouffee, fricasee...and red beans! The flavor might be hard to describe, but you definitely know when it's missing. Bay Leaves just add a layer of flavor necessary to South Louisiana dishes.

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Suggested Recipes:

Sunday Bolognese
German Potato Soup
Sofrito
Irish Stout Beef Stew
Turkey & Sausage Gumbo

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Thomas ★★★★★

The leaves in this bag are big and intact, exactly what I want for slow-simmering soups so they’re easy to fish out. They held up through a full hour of cooking red beans and gave that subtle, earthy fragrance the dish needs.

Owen E. ★★★★★

I tossed a couple of these whole hand-selected bay leaves into my red beans and the aroma that filled the kitchen was incredible. The leaves are large and perfectly intact, with a much stronger fragrance than the jarred, crumbled stuff I've used before. A little goes a long way, and my beans turned

Brian V. ★★★★★

These leaves are from the Mediterranean region, and I tossed a couple into my red beans—the aroma that filled the kitchen was exactly what the pot needed. They’re whole and hand-selected, so you can see the quality right away, and the bag keeps them fresh for weeks.