Beans And Ham For The Crock Pot By Freda Food

SLOW-COOKED HAM AND BEANS

Steps:

• Combine the tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes and paprika in a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker. Add the ham, beans, bay leaf and thyme. Pour in 4 cups water; cover and cook on low, undisturbed, 8 hours.
• Pour the tomatoes into a bowl and crush them with your hands. Add the tomatoes and their juices, the scallions and garlic to the slow cooker. Cover and cook 30 more minutes.
• Remove the ham from the slow cooker and transfer to a cutting board to cool slightly before slicing. Set aside about one-third of the ham and 3 cups of the stewed bean mixture to make Ham Jambalaya. Serve the remaining ham with the bean mixture.
• Turn leftovers into Ham Jambalaya

SLOW COOKER HAM AND BEANS

Steps:

• Rinse the beans and remove all the pebbles.
• Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker.
• Cook on low for 8 hours.

CROCK POT HAM AND BEANS

Steps:

• Sort beans and soak in enough water to cover overnight.
• Or you may sort them and place in a saucepan with 2-inches of water to cover.
• Bring them to a boil, boil for 3 minutes, then cover and remove from heat.
• Allow to sit for one hour after boiling (don't lift the lid).
• Whichever method you use, rinse and drain the beans before placing them in the crock pot.
• Put the rinsed beans, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, parsley, cloves, ham (chopped into large chunks) or ham hocks into the crock pot along with 6 cups water or broth.
• Cover crock, and cook on low for about 8 hours, or until beans are tender and creamy.
• Skim any excess fat, if necessary, before serving.

CROCK POT HAM, PINEAPPLE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except vinegar and pepper in a crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 5/12 to 6 hours (the onion and green pepper will still be crunchy).
• Stir in the vinegar and season with pepper to taste.

CROCK POT HAM BONE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Add onion and celery to crock pot.
• Place ham bone or hocks on top of onion and celery.
• Pour rinsed beans around ham and sprinkle with pepper.
• Add bay leaves and garlic.
• Add chicken stock and stir to combine all ingredients cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
• When ham is tender (6-7 hours) Remove meat from bones (discarding fat and bones) and return meat to the pot. Stir to combine and break up ham pieces.
• To thicken smash some of the beans on the side of crock pot.
• When done skim any fat off and discard bay leaves.

EASY CROCK POT HAM & BEANS

Steps:

• Add beans, ham, onion powder, garlic powder, broth, pepper and salt to crock pot and mix lightly (may change amounts according to taste, or use diced onion and diced garlic in place of powders).
• Turn crock pot on low and cook all day (at least 8 hours).

HAM AND BEANS (CROCK-POT)

Steps:

• Rinse and sort thru beans (has anyone ever really found a rock in these?). Cover with water and let sit overnight.
• In the morning, drain water, rinse again and place beans in the crockpot. Dump in all of the other ingredients (except ham bone) and give it a few good stirs.
• Put the ham bone in the crockpot, cover and cook on high for 6-8 hours.
• Remove the bay leaf, ham bone and fish out any bones that may have fallen off during cooking. Stir the beans a few times. Remove 1 cup of the beans and place in a bowl, mash them with a potato masher or back of a spoon, then return to the beans and stir; this helps thicken it up a bit.
• Take off any meat left on the ham bone, chop and return it to the crockpot.
• Stir again and serve!

BEANS AND HAM FOR THE CROCK POT BY FREDA

Steps:

• 1. Sort and go thru beans for any dirt or rocks that sometimes is in a bag of Beans. Rinse Dry Beans, to remove any dirt. Soak over Night, then Drain. OR if in a hurry, Bring to Boil boil 10 min. Turn Heat Off. Let set 20 min. then Drain.
• 2. Add the beans into your Crock-pot. add: water, onion, ham or Ham Hocks,Liquid Smoke, Salt and Pepper to taste.
• 3. Cook on high about 3 -4 hrs, turn down to Low for additional time till beans are tender and meat falls off the bone. Check every 3 hrs for any needed water, if needed add; HOT water, 1 cup at a time.
• 4. Optional Flavors You can add one of the following 1)Bacon in place of Ham. 2)3 cloves of Minced garlic, 2 Jalapino peppers seeded and chopped, with 1 Tbs Chili powder & 1/2 tsp cumin, . . this is similar to Chili beans. 3) Celery 4) you can replace the Jalapeno for 2 Tbs of Chopped Bell Peppers. 5) Refried Beans, Remove the meat, Mash beans with a Potato Masher, till smooth. Note: "you can control the Heat" as to "how hot" you want your beans with the Jalapenos by the amount of Jalapenos you add. These are Just samples of a few things you can do with your Beans. Serve over Rice, or with Buttered Hot Cornbred, or Cornbread Muffins drizzled with Honey, and you have a full budget meal. BEAN SOUP: Follow above recipe, add Celery, and if Too thick add more Water for the Consistency of soup, and bring to a boil, Taste Test season and enjoy.