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I've decided to try and duplicate Popeye's Red Beans & Rice.

I don't know exactly what a "red bean" is. So I looked it up and found this article:
The Difference Between Red, Pinto, And Kidney Beans

If you click on that you will see a picture of Kidney beans and Pinto beans. But no "Red Beans".
Great Northern beans are white beans and I seriously love them.

But for beans and rice I've always used Pintos. Canned is fine, they need at least another hour of cooking anyway.

And you probably already have it in your mise but the next ingredient is Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning. If you don't have it get some! It's the secret ingredient of chefs and home cooks worldwide.
(So is Red Boat Fish Salt, but we won't go there so's not to make the kitty puke)
Popeye's probably has a proprietary blend but Tony's is the industry standard.

Save yourself the bacon rendering and just buy a little pack of pre-cooked bacon and chop it up.

Due to the Pandemic and global supply issues there is a glut of Tunesian Olive Oil right now and it can be had for cheap! Tunesia is on the southern shore of the Meditteranean and produces some of the world's finest.

Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...