Crock Pot Ham and Beans

Sue Lau's Note:

This is cheap eating at it's best. Really good for scraping by at the end of the month if your cash gets low. Goes best with freshly baked corn muffins drizzled with honey.

• Total Time: 9 hrs
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb dried great northern beans (mixed if desired) or 1 lb other dried beans (mixed if desired)
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped coarsely
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 lb smoked ham or 1 lb ham hock
• 6 cups water or 6 cups broth

Directions:

1. Sort beans and soak in enough water to cover overnight.
2. Or you may sort them and place in a saucepan with 2-inches of water to cover.
3. Bring them to a boil, boil for 3 minutes, then cover and remove from heat.
4. Allow to sit for one hour after boiling (don't lift the lid).
5. Whichever method you use, rinse and drain the beans before placing them in the crock pot.
6. 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.
7. Cover crock, and cook on low for about 8 hours, or until beans are tender and creamy.
8. Skim any excess fat, if necessary, before serving.

Reviews

[mmsbin]

This is very good!!! I followed directions exactly, but my my beans were still hard after 8 hours ( crock pot must be getting old) and the broth did not taste so good, so I let it cook over night and I also added a chicken cube. Was really good next day the broth was delicious and creamy,the beans and ham were also good, will make this recipe again.

[tbern128]

I had a lot of leftover pork roast, and chose this recipe because of it's good reviews. I must admit I was a little disappointed. I made it exactly as written, but when it was done, it was really a thin broth like a soup, and was bland. I added more of the spices, 2-3 times what the recipe called for, plus some cayenne pepper and nutmeg. I also added some cornstarch to thicken the broth. It was good after the adjustments, and we did like the clove/allspice seasoning.

[mommyoffour]

We made this with our leftover Thanksgiving ham bone and it was really good. I added some diced carrots, and let it cook all day. Thank you for sharing.