Savory Slow Cooked Northern Beans Recipes

~ SAVORY SLOW-COOKED NORTHERN BEANS ~

Steps:

• 1. Place oil in bottom of slow cooker, add onion, garlic and carrots. Next add ham bone, beans, seasonings, broth and water. Stir in bouillon.
• 2. Cook on high for 6 hours adding more broth or water as beans absorb. Cook until beans are desired tenderness.

SAVORY SLOW COOKER GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place bacon in a small pan and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until almost crisp but not fully cooked, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Place chicken broth, green beans, onion, vinegar, sugar, garlic, black pepper, and seasoned salt in a slow cooker. Add bacon and stir to incorporate fully. Cook on High for 1 hour.
• Turn slow cooker down to Low and cook for 7 hours more. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve in a large bowl with some of the broth.

SLOW COOKER NORTHERN WHITE BEAN

Steps:

• Place beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
• Place neck bones in a slow cooker and pour chicken broth over the top; stir in soul seasoning.
• Cook on High until meat is falling off the bones, about 1 hour. Transfer bones and meat to a plate and shred meat from bones; discard bones.
• Stir beans, onion, vinegar, sugar, and hot sauce into slow cooker; spread shredded meat over beans.
• Cook on High for 2 to 4 hours (or cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours).

SLOW-COOKER GREAT NORTHERN BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in water, 12 - 24 hrs, drain and rinse.
• Cook ham hocks in 6 cups chicken broth in slow cooker on high for 60 minutes. Remove bones from slow cooker, once cooled strip meat off the bones and set aside to add at the very end. (alternatives - skip this step and add cooked ham or bacon at the very end).
• While ham hocks cook, chop carrots, celery, onion, and mince the garlic.
• Add rinsed beans, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, and all spices/seasonings to the liquid in the slow cooker.
• Cook for 5 hrs on high heat (longer if on low heat).
• Serve with rice.