RECIPE FOR GREAT NORTHERN BEANS AND HAM RECIPES

Steps:

• Soak the beans in cold water overnight. Make sure that there is twice as much water as beans because they will swell up.
• In a large cooking pot, pour in the cooking oil and toss in the smoked jowl pieces. Stir and allow them to sizzle over medium heat for 5 or 6 minutes. After they brown a bit, deglaze the pot with about 4 ounces of the chicken broth.
• Add the onion and allow to simmer until the onion is tender, stirring often.
• Rinse the beans in fresh water a final time and, after draining, add them, plus all the remaining ingredients into the pot. This should include the 48 ounces of water listed in the ingredients.
• Boil, covered, over low heat until beans are tender, stirring occasionally (about 2-3 hours).
• Serve with cornbread, fried potatoes, eggs and biscuits.
• If you wish, you can use chunks of ham or bacon instead of pork jowl.

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.