Southern Great Northern Beans (crock Pot Version)

Total Time: 6 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb great northern bean
• 2 quarts water, added only as needed
• 1 tablespoon salt, this is estimated add to your taste
• 1 teaspoon pepper, this is estimated add to your taste
• 1 boneless lamb chops or 1 ham bone
• 1 1/2 teaspoons hot pepper flakes, u can also use 1 whole dried red hot chili pepper instead and if you like em hot use more
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 start beans in morning.
• 2 wash beans and pick out any bad beans and toss away.
• 3 use a 4-6 quart crock pot.
• 4 pour washed beans into crock pot.
• 5 add water to about 1 inch over beans.
• 6 add butter,salt,hot pepper flakes and lamb chop or ham bone.
• 7 cover and cook on high for 2 hours.
• 8 then turn cooker to low and cook the rest of the day stirring once in a while and adding water only if necessary.
• 9 do not add to much water at one time other wise your beans will turn out watery, you want a nice thick gravy with your beans.
• 10 when done break up the lamb chop or remove meat from ham bone toss bone.
• 11 if using a whole red hot dried chili pepper remove it now and toss away.(we don't want anyone accidentally biting into that now do we?).
• 12 the beans will be tender in a thick gravy.
• 13 if gravy is to thin move lid on crockpot so that one side is open to let steam escape, to thicken gravy.
• 14 if gravy is to thick add 1/4 cup water at a time until it reaches the consistency you desire.
• 15 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 16 will take about 6-7 hours to cook.
• 17 serve with hot buttered cornbread and iced tea for a good southern rib sticking meal.
• 18 i use this tea southern sweet iced tea southern sweet tea.
• 19 and i use this cornbread sweet cornbread sweet cornbread.
• 20 but if you want a more southern corn bread try my #195163 cracklin cornbread recipe.