Navy Beans
By
Elizabeth Sharp
@blibbyb
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I remember my mother making these when I was a child. You can't get much better on a cold night than Navy Beans and a slice of buttered corn bread. Home cooking at its best!
Rating:
☆☆☆☆☆ 0 votes0
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Serves:
4 - 6
Prep:
15 Min
Cook:
7 Hr
Method:
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
Ingredients
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1 lbdry navy beans (sorted and rinsed)
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1/2 cfine chopped carrots
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1/2 cfine chopped onion
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1/2 cfine chopped celery including the leaves
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2slices bacon cut with kitchen sissors
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1 tspsalt (may need more as it cooks)
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1/2 tspcracked pepper
How to Make Navy Beans
- Place all ingredients in a crock pot. Add cold water until about 3 inches above the beans.
Stir well. - Cook in crock pot on low all day or about 6 - 8 hours until tender.
- You can soak the beans over night if you are using the stove top cooking method but I do not as I cook them in my crock pot.
- You can also substitute a ham hock for the bacon. Taste test for salt content. Serve with corn bread.
About Navy Beans
Course/Dish: Other Main Dishes
Main Ingredient: Beans/Legumes
Regional Style: Southern
Other Tag: Heirloom
Hashtag: #Protein
