Anyone have a good and easy one they would share? Got four smoked hocks in the freezer and have never made bean soup before.

2 lb's Great Northern or Navy beans, soaked over night
change out water 2-3 times.

several large sliced onions
a lb or 2 of carrots cut in chunks
a head of celery sliced to bite size
a light palm full of black pepper

bring to boil, then reduce to simmer till beans are soft as you like them.
or, place on wood stove in the am for supper

large pan of buttered cornbread

Loosen your belt for 2nd's.

No rivels in with those beans? Lol

Quick and easy one here, and is very tasty.

1# beans sorted. I mostly use pintos, but any bean works. Soak overnight and change water at least once
1 large onion - diced
1# good thick bacon (I cut the bacon in 1" peices) - your smoked hocks will be even better
2 cans rotel tomatoes with green chilies (Can use the hot rotel if you want it a bit more spicy)
Lots of garlic powder and salt/pepper to taste. I also like to dash it with whatever a favorite jalapeno season is for you.

Soak beans overnight. Combine beans and all other ingredients in large crockpot and put on high. As soon as pot begins to bubble, reduce heat to low and cook some more. About 5 hours and done with my crockpot. Very cheap, quick, and yet very good. Chancey

Mama's recipe

1lb dry black beans picked sorted and soaked in just enough water to cover. Put on to soak well ahead of time.
2 large smoked hocks
1 large onion diced
1 large bell pepper seeded and diced (can substitute equivalent poblano, hatch, etc)
6-8 cloves garlic minced
2-3 bay leaves
Salt/Pepper to taste
Dash cayenne (optional)
1 bunch cilantro chopped (optional)
1 mild or sweet onion diced (for serving)
Sour Cream (for serving)
Cooked parboiled rice for serving

Saute onion and pepper in olive oil. Add bulk of cilantro is using reserving some for serving. Add garlic when onion is tender. When aromatic add bay leaves, hocks and beans with soaking water. Top up water to just cover. Bring to a boil then lower heat and cook until beans are tender and meat is ready to fall off the bone. Season with salt, pepper, cayenne. Remove hocks, bone out and chop meat. Return to pot.

Serve over rice, garnish with diced sweet onion, cilantro and a dollop of sourcream.

2 lbs beans , small white or navy. I also use the 15 bean soup mix
2 ham shanks or 4 hocks bone cut if possible
1 onion medium
1 lb baby carrots cut in half
5 or 6 stalks celery 1 inch pieces
1 or 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 jalapeno diced
2 bay leaves
Crushed red pepper to taste
Tabasco to taste
Chicken stock

Soak beans with a tablespoon baking soda overnight rinse well.
Add everything to a large pot or turkey roasting pan cover with chicken stock by an inch. Bake in the oven at 350 for 4 or 5 hours or till tender.



I only had one ham shank so i added part of a boneless ham to this pot. This was a half recipe so one lb beans

I do it pretty simple. One or two bags of beans in the crockpot, on all day, with enough water to cover, along with a chunk of whatever meat sounds good.

That's how we do it too. We use smoked shanks or ham bones for the meat and navy or pinto beans.

Keith

1lb red beans
1 large onion diced
1 large bell pepper seeded and diced
3 stalks celery diced
6-8 cloves garlic minced
3 bay leaves
2 smoked hocks
1lb spicy smoked sausage or anduille (I prefer conecuh brand hickory smoked)
1T cajun seasoning (I prefer Tony Cachere)
1t Tabasco or to taste
Salt/Pepper to taste
Cooked parboiled rice for serving

Pick, sort and soak beans 4-6 hours.
Split sausage and slice into quarter inch slices. Brown sausage and set aside. Pour off excess fat then saute the trinity (onion/peppers/celery) until tender add garlic and bay leaves until aromatic. Add hocks, drained and rinsed beans and six cups water. Add seasoning and Tabasco. Bring to a boil then simmer for an hour. Add sausage and continue for another hour to hour and a half until beans are soft. Optional, mash some of the beans for thicker broth. Remove hocks, bone out and chop meat. Return to pot. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
Serve over rice.

If you can find tasso ham substitute it for the hocks. May need to adjust the seasoning.

soak beans over night then drain . can use more than one type of bean. pinto and navy are good together. a few black beans are good in there too. put meat beans chopped onion salt pepper and water in crock pot or on a stove top. low heat. barely a simmer. let them cook all day. add water if needed. after beans are nice and cooked take out a cup or so and run them in a food processor to puree into paste. add that back into the pot to thicken.

Dang it now i need to make a pot of beans this week

Why soak beans with baking soda?

These look like good recipes to try in a few months.



Ow.

My okie grandma said it took some of the gas out. Its just how she did it and passed it down in her recipe.

That's no fun. Beans are the magical fruit

My Granny left the wooded stirring spoon in the bean pot. Stirred often while simmering, and all the toots would climb up the spoon and jump out! Obviously many many didn't make the climb!

2 jars great northern beans ,2 ham steaks cubed, 1/2 pound bacon cut up in small pieces. All in crock pot for 2 or 3 hours and some corn bread.

Walmart sells a Smithfield spiral cut Honey ham that leaves a bone that makes a ham n bean mix to die for.

Thanks for the tips! I have plenty of recipes for the coming fall and winter!

Don’t forget …..

Yep Nesz thats a whole nother fight lol