GREAT NORTHERN BEANS CROCK POT RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Start beans in morning.
• Wash beans and pick out any bad beans and toss away.
• Use a 4-6 quart crock pot.
• Pour washed beans into crock pot.
• Add water to about 1 inch over beans.
• Add butter,salt,hot pepper flakes and pork chop or ham bone.
• Cover and cook on high for 2 hours.
• Then turn cooker to low and cook the rest of the day stirring once in a while and adding water only if necessary.
• Do not add to much water at one time other wise your beans will turn out watery, you want a nice thick gravy with your beans.
• When done break up the pork chop or remove meat from ham bone Toss bone.
• If using a whole red hot dried chili pepper remove it now and toss away.(We don't want anyone accidentally biting into that now do we?).
• The beans will be tender in a thick gravy.
• If gravy is to thin move lid on crockpot so that one side is open to let steam escape, To thicken gravy.
• If gravy is to thick add 1/4 cup water at a time until it reaches the consistency you desire.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Will take about 6-7 hours to cook.
• Serve with hot buttered cornbread and iced tea for a good southern rib sticking meal.
• I use this tea recipe #63785 Southern Sweet Tea.
• And I use this cornbread recipe #116185 Sweet Cornbread.
• But if you want a more southern corn bread try my #195163 Cracklin Cornbread recipe.

Steps:

• Place the soaked and rinsed beans in a 5- or 6-quart crock pot. Look them over one more time for any bad beans or foreign matter.
• Add chopped carrots and onion.
• Pour chicken broth (pan drippings/chicken broth combination if you're using it) over beans, carrots, and onion. Mix gently.
• Add ham and stir again.
• Throw in ground thyme, basil, and ground black pepper. (Measurements in ingredients section are a guesstimate, I hardly ever use measuring spoons when cooking, I just make a cup in my hand and eyeball it.) To my tastebuds, a little thyme goes a long way so you may wish to add more than 1/2 teaspoon. Stir again.
• Add bay leaf and push it gently under the surface of the broth so it doesn't float.
• Cook on high for 1 hour, then low for 8 hours, stirring once in a while if you can. You could probably just cook on low for 8-9 hours if there's nobody home to change the setting. I just like to get things heated up and moving so I do high for an hour on just about everything I put in a Crock Pot.
• Remove the bay leaf.
• Add salt just before serving to the whole pot or individual bowls.
• This may taste good with a drop of Dijon mustard in individual bowls or even a tablespoon or two of cream.
• If it's too thin, just take the lid off for a while.