Momma's Southern Ham and Beans (Sheree's version)
- 1 lb dried beans... pinto, navy, great northern, etc
- 1 hamhock... salt pork, ham chunks....
- 1/4 cup bacon drippings.... veggie oil.... your first instinct is to.forgo the fat... but this is what makes the beans have that gravy look....
- 2 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black.pepper
- 1 small onion minced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 stick celery (diced, optional)
- 7 cup water.... it may be 8-10 cups
- 1 large potato (optional)
- *** SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT...
- I go through them and remove any beans that look odd..... put in mixing bowl and cover with water and leave sit over night....
- I have also put on to boil and let hard boil for 15 min....TURN OFF..... cover for an hour in the water... then pour the water off....
- THIS CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF SOAKING THE BEANS....
- ***if using hamhocks put 1-2 in pressure cooker ADD 1/2 OF THE SALT, PEPPER, ONION.....and let cook for 50 min
- QUICK RELEASE PRESSURE
- after quick release... add soaked beans and garlic.... and the remainder of onion, salt and pepper... in the pc...AND OIL.... and set for 20 minutes....
- u can add potato and celery cut in chunks....
- cook until.pressure is built up.on Med/ high ... then turn down to Med.....and let cook for 60 min..... QUICK RELEASE... ONCE STEAM IS RELEASED CHECK BEANS FOR SOFTNESS AND ADJUST SALT AND PEPPER!!
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- **** my pc is electric so I set it for soup for 20 minutes...
- ~~~~~~~~~~~STOVE TOP~~~~~~~~~
- put beans on and hard boil for 15 min.... turn off and cover in hot water...
- pour off the water and cover beans with water... should be approximately 2 inches above the beans.... add 2 cups of diced ham... (about 8 cups of water for 1lb of beans)
- add all the other ingredients... accept oil and diced potato...-.- let come to a boil..... then add oil....and turn down to med/ low
- let cook for 1 hrs... check to make sure they don't go dry... add and cook diced potato last 30 min
- ~~~~~~~~~~CROCK POT~~~~~~~~~~
- use either step 1 or 2....
- put all ingredients in the crock pot (my crock pot is 6 qts) cover with about 8-10 cups of water... place all ingredients in the crock pot.
- accept potatoes....
- cook on high for 4 hrs... add potatoes and cook another hour...
- ***** I use my pressure cooker so I have seasoned broth for my beans....
- ***KEEP AN EYE ON THE BEANS SO THEY DO NOT COOK DRY...
- THEY ABSORB A LOT OF WATER....
- **** if u use the crock pot and u r gone all day for work (more than 8 hrs).
- set on low for 8-10 hrs.....
pinto, salt pork, bacon, salt, blackpepper, onion, garlic, celery, water, potato
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/346760-mommas-southern-ham-and-beans-sherees-version (may not work)