Southern Great Northern Beans Crock Pot Version Recipes

Steps:

• Place beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
• Place neck bones in a slow cooker and pour chicken broth over the top; stir in soul seasoning.
• Cook on High until meat is falling off the bones, about 1 hour. Transfer bones and meat to a plate and shred meat from bones; discard bones.
• Stir beans, onion, vinegar, sugar, and hot sauce into slow cooker; spread shredded meat over beans.
• Cook on High for 2 to 4 hours (or cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours).

Steps:

• Rinse beans.
• Pour beans into crock pot and add enough water to cover beans an additional 2 inches.
• Let beans soak for 6 hours or overnight. DO NOT turn crock pot on.
• Drain and rinse beans. Return to crock pot and cover with fresh water as above.
• Cook on low for 8 hours.
• When beans are cool you can package them in zip lock bags. 1 2/3 cups equals about a can's worth.
• These freeze beautifully.

Steps:

• Start beans in morning.
• Wash beans and pick out any bad beans and toss away.
• Use a 4-6 quart crock pot.
• Pour washed beans into crock pot.
• Add water to about 1 inch over beans.
• Add butter,salt,hot pepper flakes and pork chop or ham bone.
• Cover and cook on high for 2 hours.
• Then turn cooker to low and cook the rest of the day stirring once in a while and adding water only if necessary.
• Do not add to much water at one time other wise your beans will turn out watery, you want a nice thick gravy with your beans.
• When done break up the pork chop or remove meat from ham bone Toss bone.
• If using a whole red hot dried chili pepper remove it now and toss away.(We don't want anyone accidentally biting into that now do we?).
• The beans will be tender in a thick gravy.
• If gravy is to thin move lid on crockpot so that one side is open to let steam escape, To thicken gravy.
• If gravy is to thick add 1/4 cup water at a time until it reaches the consistency you desire.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Will take about 6-7 hours to cook.
• Serve with hot buttered cornbread and iced tea for a good southern rib sticking meal.
• I use this tea recipe #63785 Southern Sweet Tea.
• And I use this cornbread recipe #116185 Sweet Cornbread.
• But if you want a more southern corn bread try my #195163 Cracklin Cornbread recipe.