Thursday, September 20, 2012

Slow Cooker Ham and Beans


This was another recipe that I was seeing all over Pinterest, so I decided to try it. I don't like ham, but Heath loves it, so I figured it would be a nice dinner for him. It was simple to throw together in the crock pot, so that's always a plus.

Overall, it was ok. Heath thoroughly enjoyed it, but as I said...I don't like ham.

I purchased packaged ham that was already cubed, but you can use whatever you prefer here. I think a ham bone would give it a nice flavor, and I would probably enjoy the shredded ham over the little cubes.

Also, this could definitely stand to use a little more seasoning, but you can play around with it and add whatever you like. I just drowned mine in more salt and pepper :)

Ok guys, gotta run Jesse over to school then I'm headed to Foxwoods for Bingo. I won last week (even got to go in the Money Machine again!) $726 (split with another winner...still $363 isn't bad! More than I walked in with), so here's to hoping Thursday is my lucky Bingo day!

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'Slow Cooker Ham and Beans'
Source: Plain Chicken

Ingredients

1 lb package dried northern beans
ham bone, hocks, shanks or diced ham (about 1 pound)
2 teaspoons onion powder
6 cups water
salt & pepper to taste

Directions

1. Rinse beans in a strainer in the sink. Add the the beans, onion powder, salt, pepper, and ham to the crock pot. Add water.

2. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. Remove ham bone, shanks or hocks and pull off the meat. Add meat to the crock pot and mix. Serve with cornbread.




1 comment:

  1. This reminds me of the Sopas Bean dish from the book entitled: best cookbooks. I would love to make one for my family. Thanks for sharing this with us.

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