Crockpot Pinto Beans and Ham

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"This recipe came from Mommy's Kitchen. Prep time does not include time to soak beans the night before."

 

• Ready In: 9hrs
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package dry pinto beans
• 2 tablespoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon fiesta pinto bean seasoning
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 tablespoon pepper
• 1 small onion, cut into chunks
• ham hocks, ham bone or 2 cups cooked ham

directions

1. Sort your beans and remove and broken pieces or pebbles. I use one 16 oz package of beans. Place in a large bowl or pot, covering with water.
2. Add the baking soda to the water, and let the beans soak at least 6 hours or overnight. After 6 hours or overnight drain the water from the beans.
3. Add the beans to a 6 quart crock pot and cover with fresh water. You want the beans to be covered by at least one inch.
4. Add the pinto bean seasoning, sugar, vegetable oil, pepper and onion. Taste the beans after several hours of cooking and add more seasonings if you think it needs it. I used a total of one tablespoons pepper.
5. Add one of the following for additional seasoning, one ham hock, ham bone, or slice of country ham cut into pieces.
6. Place lid on crock pot and cook on high for about 6-8 hours. make sure the beans stay covered with water, so check occasionally. If you need more water, then add it. The beans should have a soup consistency.
7. In 6 hours, test beans and if they are cooked. Remove ham bone and pull of the meat or remove meat from ham hock and serve. Don't forget the wedge of cornbread.

Reviews

[teresas]

Oh...my...goodness is this stuff yummy...I cut the recipe in half...only because I had 8 ounces of dried pinto beans...I searched for the fiesta pinto bean seasoning and found a recipe to make yourself...so that's what I did...I threw in a ham hock and it was falling apart when the 6 hour mark hit...so I put the crock pot on low and chopped up the hock and tossed it in...I made the corn bread as suggested and the hubby was doing a happy dance...this is a keeper...made for Autumn Fever tag game...

 

[Dienia B.]

I found the seasoning also good beans

 

[DailyInspiration]

A great recipe for pinto beans without having to babysit them on the stove. I couldn't find my bean seasoning so I used a combination of the spices that were appropriate. I had a nice ham bone with plenty of ham that I used for this recipe. I generally add rotel to my beans, but instead stayed with the directions and the result was great.

 

[diner524]

Excellent bean recipe!!! I made this as written except I didn't have the listed "Fiesta" brand of seasoning here in FL. I used a combination of Lawry's Seasoned Salt, Paula Deen's Seasoning and extra black pepper. Served this with some cornbread muffins for a wonderful lunch today!! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for CQ 2014.