Slow Cooked Wildfire Beans Food

24 WAYS TO MAKE SLOW COOKER BEANS

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a bean dish in 30 minutes or less!

SLOW-COOKED COUNTRY GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Add the oil in a medium, heavy saucepan. Add the onion and saute until tender, about 3 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Add the ham hocks, garlic, and beans. Add enough water to almost completely cover the beans. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 2 hours. Remove from the heat and serve with the cooking liquid.

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.

SLOW-COOKED HOMEMADE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• QUICK SOAK: Place 16 ounces of dried beans in a large saucepan with 6-8 cups of water. Cover and let stand overnight or at least 6-8 hours. Drain and rinse beans (discard soak water).
• OVERNIGHT SOAK: Place 16 ounces of dried beans in a large saucepan with 6-8 cups water. Cover and let stand overnight or at least 6-8 hours. Drain and rinse beans (discard soak water).
• TO COOK BEANS: Add 6 cups fresh water to the beans after soaking. Cover and bring just to boiling on medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer gently with lid tilted, about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally, or until desired tenderness. Stir gently and very little to prevent breaking of skins; add water, if needed, during cook time. Makes about 6 cups of cooked beans.
• TO MAKE BAKED BEANS: Cut bacon into 1-inch pieces. Combine with remaining ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours. Stir occasionally, if possible. Makes about 10 cups of baked beans. Note: the number of servings below depends on how many other side dishes there are.

SLOW-COOKER PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Sort beans and rinse in cold water. Add beans to a greased 3-qt. slow cooker. Add the next 10 ingredients; stir., Cook, covered, on high 2 hours. Reduce heat to low; cook until beans are tender, 6-7 hours. Serve with slotted spoon. If desired, top with fresh thyme sprigs. , Freeze option: Freeze cooled beans in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water if necessary.

SLOW COOKED "BAKED" BEANS

Steps:

• Thoroughly rinse and clean beans; place beans in a bowl and cover with cold water.
• Soak 4 to 5 hours or overnight and drain. (Rumor is that soaking them overnight negates the reputation beans have earned. Let me know if you find otherwise and I'll suggest a book of matches!)
• Place the beans in a crock pot (I use a 5 quart) and add all the other ingredients. Mix well. Cook on low setting for 13 to 15 hours, high setting for 7 to 8 hours. Test for doneness one to two hours before end of cooking time.
• I cannot use all that this recipe produces at one time but I have had good luck in freezing the leftovers in smaller serving size containers if they are not overcooked. When thawed, the results are still more firm than commercially prepared baked beans and certainly more tasty!

SLOW COOKER BREAKFAST BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the slow cooker if necessary. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the onion until it starts to brown, then add the garlic and cook for 1 min. Add the vinegar and sugar and bubble for a minute. Stir in the beans and passata and season with black pepper. Tip everything into the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 5 hours. If the sauce seems a little thin turn the heat to High and cook for a few more minutes. Stir through the coriander.