Cattlemans Beans Recipes

Steps:

• Combine cold water and beans in a pot; let stand 8 hours to overnight.
• Stir butter into the pot with the beans and water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until beans are tender, about 2 hours.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and reserve 2 tablespoons sausage drippings.
• Stir sausage and reserved drippings, apple slices, tomato juice, onion, brown sugar, garlic, salt, chili powder, mustard, and black pepper into beans. Bring bean mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until flavors blend, about 2 hours.
• Stir rum into beans, ladle beans into bowls, and top with sour cream.

Steps:

• Rinse beans under running water. Place them in a large kettle with water. Bring to boiling, cover kettle,cook on low heat 15 minutes,let stand 1 hour.
• Trim all fat from beef, brown meat on all sides in remaining fat in large skillet.
• Place meat in bottom of the slow cooker, add beans and liquid, onion, molasses, salt, ginger, mustard, pepper and bay leaf. Add more water if needed to cover meat and beans. Cover.
• Cook on high for 2 hours, stir beans, adding more liquid if needed to keep beans and meat covered.
• Turn control to low and cook for 8 hours or until beans are very tender and liquid is absorbed. Taste and season with a spoonful of hot prepared mustard if you wish.
• Remove meat to a carving board and cut into slices, spoon beans around beef on platter.

Steps:

• Rinse beans under running water, place in a large kettle with water; bring to boiling; cover kettle; lower heat; cook 15 minutes; let stand 1 hour.
• Trim all excess fat from beef; brown meat on all sides in remaining fat in a large skillet.
• Place meat in the bottom of the slow cooker; add beans and liquid, onion, molasses, salt, ginger, mustard, pepper and bay leaf. Add more water, if needed to cover meat and beans; cover.
• Cook on high for 2 hours, stir beans adding more liquid if needed to keep beans and meat covered.
• Turn heat control to low and cook for 8 hours, or until beans are very tender and liquid is absorbed. Taste and season with a spoonful of hot prepared mustard, if you wish.
• Remove meat to a carving board and cut into slices; spoon beans around beef on a platter.