white beans and rib greens

Name: White Beans and Rib Greens
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 pound(s) small white beans; 3 cup(s) turnip or other green ribs, diced; 1 cup(s) fine diced bacon (or use a ham hock or salt pork); 2 clove(s) garlic, diced; - water to cover 3" above ingredients; - pepper

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Sherry Blizzard

Piney Flats, TN

Updated on Jul 6, 2013

Holy smokes this turned out fantastic! I hate wasting those tough ribs from turnip greens, kale and etc. NEVER throw out your ribs again. They cook up quite nicely with beans and a smoked ham hock, salt pork or bacon ends. Coming from a family of Colorado pinto bean farmers, I love, love, love my beans and my mother makes sure I have a good supply here in Fairbanks, Alaska all year long. White beans just sounded right at the time. Beans and greens make a perfect marriage! I pressure cooked mine but there is no reason you can't open kettle your rib greens and beans.

Rate

prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Stove Top

yield 8-10 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 pound small white beans
3 cups turnip or other green ribs, diced
1 cup fine diced bacon (or use a ham hock or salt pork)
2 cloves garlic, diced
- water to cover 3" above ingredients
- pepper

How To Make white beans and rib greens

Step 1

These are the ingredients you will need. (Note: I only used 1/2 the bag of beans or 1 lb.)

Step 2

Sort the beans. Despite what some people believe, packaged beans are still dirty and you should remove all debris.
Step 3

Wash beans thoroughly under cold water.
Step 4

Dice up the rib greens (this is the tough part of kale, collard and turnip greens we normally throw away.)
Step 5

Combine all ingredients into the pressure cooker or into a large dutch oven or soup pot. Add pepper.
Step 6

If pressure cooking, cook for 1 hour. If open kettle, cook until beans are at desired tenderness.
Step 7

I would suggest serving this up with a pan of cornbread. Let that cornbread soak up all those wonderful juices. If you want some added spice, you should sprinkle on a little Louisiana Hot Sauce.
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