Southern Pole Beans Recipes

Steps:

• Wash the beans,trim stems and ends and snap beans in half and set aside.
• Cook the bacon in large saucepan until crisp remove the bacon reserve the drippings in pan crumble the bacon and set aside.
• Add water and remaining 3 ingredients to the pan bring to boil over high heat add beans and cover.
• Reduce heat to medium cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle with bacon and serve with a slotted spoon.

Steps:

• Note: The recipe called for a 1-inch chunk of streak-o-lean (lean salt pork), but the website doesn't recognize. You can use streak-o-lean if you can find it, ham hock, pork belly, or bacon.
• Pinch off the ends of the beans, and if necessary, remove any strings. Snap the beans into 1-1/2 inch pieces, rinse well in a colander and transfer to a large pot.
• Add the cooking meat, salt and pepper and enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer the beans slowly until tender but still slightly firm, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, rinse the potatoes to remove any grit, cut away a strip of peel around the center of each with a vegetable peeler.
• Add the potatoes to the beans, stir and continue to simmer until tender, about 30 minutes, adding more water if needed.
• Drain and serve hot in a large bowl.